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Regis Awards Lydia Peña Honorary Doctorate

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2019 /
The university president and two others in ceremonial robes assists the graduate with her doctoral academic dress on stage outdoors.

(Editor’s Note: Below are the Rev. John Fitzgibbons’s commencement remarks.) In rare occasions, the Regis University Board of Trustees authorizes the awarding of honorary degrees to individuals who have led…

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Lydia Peña’s Commencement Address Shares Words for Daily Living

By Lydia Peña SL / June 1, 2019 /
A woman in ceremonial graduation attire smiling on stage displaying a large white plaque award with two men in ceremonial graduation attire behind her.

Thank you Father Fitzbibbons and all gathered here today. I am humbled that Regis has recognized me with an honorary doctorate. Like so many things in my life, this is…

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The Art of Being Useful

By Roberta Hudlow SL / June 1, 2019 /
Two men sitting across from each other at a round table outdoors in a grass yard enjoying a meal. There are other empty chairs around them with additional plates of food and drinks.

As Loretto members demonstrate and march, Robert Strobridge (Stro) is with us in his well-made, colorful banners. They draw attention to the cause and announce the presence of the Loretto…

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Genevieve Cavanaugh: ‘Inspiration to All’

By Liz Perez SL / June 1, 2019 /
Two women pictured candidly, one woman is sitting and smiling, leaning forward placing her hand on the shoulder of her friend sitting in front of her. The friend in front is smiling and tilting her head to hear what her friend behind her has to say.

In my brief interview with Genevieve, she told me she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto in Kansas City, Mo., throughout all of grade school and high school.  (Eleanor…

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Mary Katherine Hammett Celebrates Her 75th Jubilee

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2019 /
A woman with short grey hair and wire-framed glasses smiling while sitting in a beige recliner chair with a bald man crouched next to her smiling for the picture with her.

(Editor’s Note: The following are remarks on Mary Katherine Hammett given April 25, 2019, at the Motherhouse by her niece, Jane Hammett O’Gorman.) By Jane Hammett O’Gorman Mary Katherine’s younger…

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SMA Students Spend Spring Break at Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2019 /
Five girls sitting and one girl standing and posing with her arms out to the side smiling together for a group picture on top of a stone sign for Loretto Motherhouse on a sunny day.

By Christine Boss St. Mary’s Academy selected several girls to participate in a trip from Denver to the Loretto Motherhouse over spring break. It was the first time that the…

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Exploring Gender Justice: From #MeToo to #WeToo

By Beth Blissman CoL / June 1, 2019 /
One man and two women sit together on a stage at an event. They are all three wearing matching lanyards and the woman sitting in the middle is speaking into a microphone.

At the recent U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (March 2019), Loretto at the UN co-sponsored a parallel event entitled “Breakthrough in Transforming Patriarchy: The Promise of Gender Equity…

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Loretto Academy 2019

By Loretto Community / May 31, 2019 /

…my amazing journey I am strong enough I am smart enough Success after success: Loretto’s robotics team thrives By Pilar Gonzalez CoL, FIRST team coach Three years ago, we opened…

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Sharing My El Paso Experience

By Vivian Doremus CoL / May 1, 2019 /

Recently I returned from volunteer work helping immigrant families at the El Paso/Juarez border. I wish to share the remarkable story unfolding there. I had been reading accounts in Interchange…

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Nerinx Hall Dedicates Remodeled Library to Barbara Roche

By Donna Day SL / May 1, 2019 /
A man and a woman wearing dress clothes smiling while holding a plaque together in front of a microphone podium on a stage at an indoor event.

“The library of the 21st century is active, social, contextual and engaging.” – Dean of University Libraries Laura O. Reim March 7, 2019, marked a historic day in the life…

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First Cycle Non-Emergency Special Needs Grants

By Marlene Spero SL / May 1, 2019 /
Grandparents and three grandchildren play a board game at a wooden table indoors.

Many groups in our country and abroad are working hard to help provide needed goods and services for those who live on the margins of society. Each year Loretto sets…

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Loretto Back at the Border in 2019

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2019 /
12 hikers stop and smile for a group picture mid-trail on a sunny day.

By Mary Jean Friel and Mary Helen Sandoval The Latin America/Caribbean Committee sponsored a trip to the Mexican border at Nogales, Mexico. We led the excursion. Due to the strong…

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