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Motherhouse

“Our Old Kentucky Home” – The Loretto Motherhouse is the heart of the Loretto Community. Located in Marion County, Ky., the site and the nearby town are named after our priest-founder Charles Nerinckx. Thousands of women entered the Community through its doors to follow God’s call of service. Today, it remains a home to our members, who gladly welcome visitors. Learn more about our Motherhouse.

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Where the Wild Things Are Day Camp

By Loretto Community / July 16, 2025 /

By Angela Rakes The week of June 23 the Loretto Motherhouse partnered with New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future to host the Where the Wild Things Are summer day camp…

Loretto Motherhouse Back to School Ag Bash

By Loretto Community / July 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Loretto Motherhouse Back to School Ag Bash

Join us Saturday, August 2, 10am-3pm EDT for the annual Loretto Motherhouse Back to School Ag Bash! Enjoy the Free: Petting Zoom Kids’ Activities and Games Farm Equipment Displays Books…

Students serve, love and laugh at Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / July 16, 2025 /

In late May and early June, Loretto Academy, Nerinx Hall and St. Mary’s Academy students participated in the annual Motherhouse service trip. In the photos on this page students enjoy…

Changes in the federal government lead to uncertainty for farmers: The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is affected by these challenges.

By Loretto Community / July 16, 2025 /

By Angela Rakes Agriculture, for better or worse, is closely intertwined with the federal government. The soybeans we grow are often exported to Asian countries for use in their food…

Farm to Table Dinner – Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / July 15, 2025 / Comments Off on Farm to Table Dinner – Loretto Motherhouse

Loretto Motherhouse Farm and Marion County 4-H Livestock Club present Farm to Table Dinner Featuring all locally sourced produce and meat, a live auction and an acoustic performance 6pm October…

Piano/Bass Concert – Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series

By Loretto Community / June 30, 2025 / Comments Off on Piano/Bass Concert – Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series

Please join us on Saturday, July 26 at 7:00pm at the Loretto Motherhouse for the next concert in the Loretto Motherhouse Church concert series. Robert Docs and Grace Baugh Bennett…

Is Spiderman Buried at the Loretto Motherhouse? Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery Questions Asked (and Mostly Answered)

By Reba Weatherford / June 27, 2025 /

This summer, the Loretto Heritage Center and Loretto’s Communications Team is proud to launch our publicly accessible necrology and cemetery database. This searchable database will provide birth and death information…

Loretto builds on education tradition, facilitates unique and critical training at Loretto Motherhouse

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / June 23, 2025 /

Some of us remember the malodorous smells which sometimes drifted in our direction when the nearby Blanford family operated a pig farm. After Loretto bought the house and acreage, the…

Loretto Magazine – Summer 2025

By Loretto Community / June 23, 2025 /

Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Regina Drey SL A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL You make a difference! These days as we both grieve the loss of…

A natural flyway for neotropical migratory birds

By Joy Jensen SL / June 23, 2025 /

Did you ever spot a Kentucky warbler or a yellow-breasted chat? They fly freely in the Loretto Motherhouse forests. They are neotropical migratory birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty…

Bird song at the Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 23, 2025 /

Enjoy an auditory visit to Loretto Motherhouse! Click below to listen to this short sound recording of bird calls recorded on site. The screenshots below are from the Merlin app,…

Loretto Motherhouse a bird haven

By Loretto Community / June 23, 2025 /

Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself in which she sets her young at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my…

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