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Retreat Centers

Come visit or stay and pray at Knobs Haven and Cedars of Peace, located on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse. The center offer reflective, welcoming spaces to individuals and groups for a few days, a weekend or longer. Learn more about our Retreat Centers.

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Belonging cabin: Why now?

By Loretto Community / May 7, 2026 /

“Kathy is someone who can toss the smallest pebble in a lake and cause ripples of inspiration to spread far and wide.” That’s how a friend described Kathy Nimmer. So who is she and what does she have to do with our new accessible cabin?

Launching a Dream

By Susan Classen CoL / May 4, 2026 /

Steps. For many years, my concern about the steps leading into the cabins was primarily about their safety after a winter storm or their ongoing need for repair due to squirrel damage.

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2026 /

Every Monday, Loretto retreat directors Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. Here are a few of the recent musings … “Westerners have forgotten…

Loretto Retreats – Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2025 /

Every Monday, Loretto retreat directors Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. Here are a few of the recent musings … What points me…

A Loretto Labyrinth

By Loretto Community / July 28, 2025 /

Written by Ashley Doughty. The Loretto Heritage Center is pleased to host Ashley as our summer intern. Ashley is spending the summer living at the Valley House and working with…

Cedars of Peace cabin refurbished, ready for visitors

By Loretto Community / June 23, 2025 /

In keeping with the tradition of repurposing wood and other materials at the Loretto Motherhouse retreat centers, a recently-refurbished cabin at Cedars of Peace now boasts a stunning floor made…

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / January 31, 2025 /

Every Monday, Loretto retreat directors Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media account we’d like to share…

Imagine yourself here at Loretto Retreat Centers

By Loretto Community / August 12, 2024 /

“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…

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

Every Monday, Loretto retreat staff Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media we’d like to share a…

A Fallow Time Reflection

By Susan Classen CoL / January 10, 2024 /

By Susan Classen CoL and JoAnn Gates CoL Fallow time. Wintering. Call it what you will, only one out of every 10 living in the U.S. call the winter months…

Loretto honors fallow time: Embracing the “inside” season

By Loretto Community / November 27, 2023 /

Fallow time. Wintering. Call it what you will, only one out of every 10 living in the U.S. call the coming months their favorite. Certainly there are many who truly…

Loretto Magazine – Winter 2022-2023

By Loretto Community / February 26, 2023 /

Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Susan Classen CoL A Letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL In a previous issue, I wrote briefly about my few days…

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