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Pakistan
Mindful of the call of the universal Church, Loretto extended its Community to Pakistan. Pakistani women entered the Community and continue Loretto’s global mission of service there. Learn more about our Pakistan Mission.
Pakistan News: The Netherlands to Lahore
Maria Daniel is in the Netherlands working on her doctorate. Before the holidays her dissertation topic was approved. In it she will compare the educational system in Pakistan with that of the Netherlands. She is living in a small room…
Loretto Mission in Pakistan Empowers Other Women
By Cathy Mueller Our sisters in Pakistan — Maria Daniel, Samina Iqbal and Nasreen Daniel — are busy with several projects, all of which reflect the Loretto mission. Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw OFM asked our sisters to take over St.…
Interfaith Funeral of a Squirrel from Maria Daniel SL
Interfaith Funeral of a Squirrel From Maria Daniel SL It was Friday early morning, I was getting ready to go to school. I saw outside my window, some school students saying funeral prayer (Muslims) and Christian students were with them,…
Happy Pakistan Independence Day!
Pakistan celebrated its 70th birthday this year on Aug. 14. Before Pakistan came into existence the area was called the Subcontinent. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were one nation. The British rule over the Subcontinent prolonged for about 200 years from 1756 to…
Loretto in Faisalabad and Lahore
By Maria Daniel Faisalabad was the first love of Loretto in Pakistan. We came back to our own country and found it a challenge. We had to be enculturated. Families we had known had moved on. We were not part…
Loretto Legacy in Pakistan
Legacy, from its Latin origins, means “to do good,” or, in the Middle English, “a body of persons sent on a mission.” Certainly our Sisters of Loretto in Pakistan bestowed good at St. Albert School and fulfilled the mission of…
Loretto to Leave St. Albert School a Loving Legacy
By Mary Ann Lovett While recently reading Venture Into the Unknown, I felt saddened that I hadn’t known all about Loretto’s presence in China before I visited my daughter in Shanghai in 2006. I would have ventured into the districts…
Pakistan Committee Showcases Loretto Values at Loretto Academy, El Paso, and St. Albert School, Faisalabad
‘We give you glory, thanks and praise …’ The Pakistan Committee often has its yearly meeting in Denver, but this year the members of the committee agreed to meet in El Paso, Texas, for its annual weekend gathering Jan. 8-10.…