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Pillar Place served as a safe haven

By Christina Manweller / February 27, 2026 /

Donna Day SL served for eight years as director of Intercommunity Housing at Pillar Place, located in the former Loretto Academy building in St. Louis. Pillar Place brought critically-needed housing…

Loretto Magazine – Winter 2026

By Loretto Community / February 27, 2026 /

Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL A Letter from President Buffy Boesen SL I have a small poster in my house that reads, “Take time…

Loretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL

By Loretto Community / February 25, 2026 /

It’s a community of joy. Mary Catherine Widger SL Mary Catherine Widger SL has served those with intellectual disabilities for 50-plus years. In this issue of Loretto Magazine, read about…

Catholic Schools Week: Loretto salutes its Loretto pre-K, primary school teachers

By Loretto Community / January 27, 2026 /

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”   Nelson Mandela Catholic Schools Week should be more than one week out of the whole year!…

In keeping with Dr. King’s legacy of non-violent, direct action, Loretto stands in solidarity with all fighting for justice to protect our immigrant neighbors

By Loretto Community / January 19, 2026 /

The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026 is taken from Ephesians 4:4, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the…

Happy Thanksgiving! Blessings from the Loretto Community

By Loretto Community / November 24, 2025 /

“Do you think there is anything,” asked Mary Oliver, “not attached by its unbreakable cord to everything else?” As we think of Mary Oliver’s words to us this Thanksgiving, let…

Loretto Magazine – Fall 2025

By Loretto Community / October 9, 2025 /

Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Chris Mattingly, Loretto Living Center director of pastoral care A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL As you will see in this…

‘What It Means to Lead with Loretto’: A letter from Iswari Natarajan, President of St. Mary’s Academy

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2025 /

The Loretto Community is proud of our legacy and continuing mission of Catholic education. So it is with pleasure that we share this letter from Iswari Natarajan, the President and…

Loretto lawyers live out Loretto mission, ‘work for justice’ through legal system

By Loretto Community / September 15, 2025 /

Over the past few decades, a number of lawyers have been associated with the Sisters of Loretto-Loretto Community. Two women, formerly Sisters of Loretto, left the Community in the 1960s…

A Habit Of Activism

By Loretto Community / September 3, 2025 /

Originally published by The Flying Mantis August 28, 2025 The Sisters of Loretto have a long history of social activism. You don’t want to mess with these nuns! Let me…

Honoring the heart of Loretto education: Teachers, staff and board members

By Loretto Community / August 11, 2025 /

What a privilege to write about the educators, staff and board members who make Loretto-connected schools thrive! Without them, the doors would not open and the  transformative work of teaching…

Loretto Magazine: Bringing moments of grace, hope, salvation to life

By Loretto Community / July 7, 2025 /

News recently in our country has of late not been so positive. And the news is sometimes filtered through the lens of a writer who does not see the whole…

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