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Loretto celebrates preciousness of all life

By Loretto Community / January 21, 2025 /
Women marching in protest carry white crosses with the names and ages of those who have died.

All life is precious. From the beginning God was in love with us and wanted to live with us to reveal to us what true humanity looks like. We are…

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Putting the Pieces Together on Immigration

By Eleanor Craig SL / January 10, 2025 /
A group of mostly women and one man post for a photo holding crosses and a colorful banner that reads "Loretto Volunteers: Working for Justice, Acting for Peace."

One of the most intriguing aspects of an archival collection is that it contains many bits and pieces that, woven together, reveal entire stories. Sometimes a curious researcher comes upon…

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Connecting with Loretto: All are welcome!

By Loretto Community / January 6, 2025 /
Colorful banner reads, "Be light into darkness"

The Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto gives us a hint about this week’s message to our readers: “The Spirit of God is not bound, it reveals itself in the…

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Sacred Journey: Loretto Walks With Immigrant Families

By Loretto Community / December 16, 2024 /
Four women, three Latinx and one White, dressed in warm clothes share a laugh together.

“Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.” (Traveler, there are no bridges, one must build them as one walks.) Gloria Anzaldúa As the traveler walks, Jesus walks: to…

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Meet our 2024-2025 Loretto Justice Fellows!

By Loretto Community / October 21, 2024 /

Meet our 2024/2025 Loretto Justice Fellows! Our Fellows are students at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University. Loretto’s nine Fellows are pursuing various studies,…

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Working for justice and acting for peace by improving accessibility

By Loretto Community / October 7, 2024 /
Four people smile together while riding on a golf cart outside on a sunny day.

Working for justice and acting for peace can take many forms. Sometimes, the first step is making sure events, resources and information are accessible to everyone, whether able-bodied or disabled,…

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Governor of Kentucky expresses formal thanks to Loretto Community and its outgoing leadership

By Loretto Community / September 24, 2024 /
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Mary Luke Tobin Social Justice Award 2024

By Christina Manweller / September 18, 2024 /
A young Black woman with medium length natural hair and two small silver earrings in her right ear is smiling looking to the side and wearing a light blue and white striped shirt.

Emmy Stoll and Brendan Staff, 12th annual Mary Luke Tobin Social Justice Award honorees, impressed the selection committee with their deep commitment to social justice. Emmy, born in Ethiopia and…

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Loretto’s collaborative efforts extend its mission to work for justice, act for peace

By Loretto Community / September 9, 2024 /
Beth Blissman CoL and five other people of varying ages and races smile for a selfie together.

What is the invitation of our time? What crossroads are we facing? What is missing from a community picture? What collaborations sustain us? These are questions that many religious communities…

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Looking beyond Loretto: Bringing our work for justice and acting for peace to the wider world

By Loretto Community / September 3, 2024 /
A pair of hands shape a clay hand to go on a sculpture, visible laying on a workspace in the background.

In a recent Midweek Mission Message, longtime Loretto Co-member Martha Alderson acknowledged, “Sometimes we underestimate the value of reaching out beyond ourselves, whether on a personal level or on a…

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Celebrating Havern & Escuela de Guadalupe: two beloved Denver schools Loretto has long supported

By Loretto Community / August 19, 2024 /
A school staff member walks down the hallway hand in hand with a child wearing a backpack.

To celebrate the long legacy of Loretto education, and in keeping with Back To School Week for many students, we wish to acknowledge the wonderful work being accomplished at Havern…

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Imagine yourself here at Loretto Retreat Centers

By Loretto Community / August 12, 2024 /
Yellow flowers in the foreground frame a white statue of the Virgin Mary standing in the middle of a lake.

“Once we start to think about the kind of world we are leaving to future generations, we look at things differently; we realize that the world is a gift which…

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