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Each member of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross is “co-responsible for creating a community which is beneficial for all; for maturing in adult faith and effective ministry,..; and for making use of opportunities which add new depth to our formation in Christ.” Learn more about the Sisters of Loretto.
Meet the sisters in the Together Program
Originally posted on the Religious Formation Conference website October 2024. The four vowed women religious in this year’s Together program took some time to respond to questions about themselves. Learn more about their inspiring journeys to Chicago! … Maribah IshaqSisters…
New Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis
Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care. The group urged Pope Francis to move past the Church’s…
Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL
Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL died Oct. 8, 2024, at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. Her niece, Sister Cathy Smith SL, and Sister Donna Mattingly SL were at her…
Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe SL
Loretto Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe died Oct. 5 at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. She was 82 and in the 60th year of her Loretto life. This remembrance of…
Assembly 2024: work of challenge, work of joy
Loretto Assembly snapshots To read all of the articles in the fall 2024 issue, click here.
Living history
In this 1961 photograph, taken in the museum at Loretto Motherhouse, Antonina Ryan SL shows an old spinning wheel to Marian Wheatley Medley, daughter of Carl Wheatley, Loretto’s farm manager. Marian’s family lived in Clare House on the Motherhouse grounds…
Leading into the future
In July Loretto gathered to elect new leaders, hold discussions, pass proposals important to the Community and enjoy time together. As Community members gathered in Louisville, Ky., and on Zoom starting on July 5, the excitement was energizing. The following…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
Dear Reader,Is this how it is with you? We are entering the season when nature’s way is to let the sap recede. That takes energy, of course, but a restful energy. In actuality, we are gearing up in so many…
Seeking Home: Commemorating 200 years at Loretto Motherhouse
In the beginning … This story is about an unusual group of women, daughters of Maryland settlers. They were young women who came together on the Kentucky frontier in the area some call the Kentucky Holy Land because of the…
Donna Mattingly SL
I grew up on a small farm in rural Central Kentucky near the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse. The area is also known as Kentucky’s Holy Land. Before I entered Loretto I worked many years at the local newspaper as a…
Congratulations to all Loretto’s outgoing & newly elected Leadership!
The government of the Sisters of Loretto and the spirit of the Loretto Community is designed to foster the Community’s faith life and mission. Each member “has the responsibility to be actively involved in creating and maintaining structures that are…