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Loretto Spotlight Video
In conjunction with Loretto Magazine, the Spotlight Video offers a taste of Loretto life. You can see all the recent Spotlight videos below.
Loretto Spotlight Video – Beth Blissman CoL
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most over this past decade is welcoming over two dozen interns and/or Loretto Volunteers to join me in the work of our office. Beth Blissman CoL For 35 years, Loretto at the UN has…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL
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 the community she cofounded with the Rev. Larry Freeman and…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Chris Mattingly
Chris Mattingly is director of pastoral care at the Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse. Residents of the Living Center appreciate his thoughtful, compassionate and welcoming approach. One-on-one spiritual accompaniment, discussion groups and prayer gatherings, including contemplative and rosary, are…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Regina Drey SL
On Be Loretto/Celebrate Earth Day at St. Mary’s Academy in Denver, the lower school kids engaged in hands-on activities to join the Loretto Community in honoring and protecting Earth. Regina Drey SL is featured in the Spotlight Video, sharing, “Our…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Loretto Community Leadership
What has been so important to me in Loretto is living in community where we support one another in how we live our concern about the marginalized, the vulnerable, where we work for peace and justice. Mary Margaret Murphy SL…
Unforeseen uprooting 200 years ago led the Sisters of Loretto home
In 1824, the Sisters of Loretto were forced to move from their home of the past 12 years to the current location of the Loretto Motherhouse 9 miles up the hill. History has shown that the move would turn out…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Maribah Ishaq SL and Claudia Calzetta SL
Maribah Ishaq is excited to pronounce first vows as a Sister of Loretto. In our newest Spotlight Video, she talks with Claudia Calzetta SL, Loretto’s formation director for Pakistan. Maribah attended the InterCongregational Collaborative Novitiate program in Chicago in 2023…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Annie Rosenkranz
Together this year, our Loretto Justice Fellows will contribute more than 3,300 service hours to partner organizations at the U.S./Mexico border while connecting with each other and Loretto Community members. Annie Rosenkranz, director, Loretto Justice Fellowship The Loretto Justice Fellowship…
‘I had a dream …’ Nancy Wittwer SL’s dream was the impetus behind Marian Middle School’s founding
When Nancy Wittwer SL learned that a new Jesuit middle school for boys from low-income Black families was planned for St. Louis, she was prompted to ask a critical question. That question — “What about the girls?” — followed by…
Loretto Spotlight Video – Jessie Rathburn CoL
The healing of Earth is directly tied to the healing of our bodies, our selves. Jessie Rathburn Jessie Rathburn, Loretto’s earth education and advocacy coordinator, introduces the Loretto Community Carbon Reduction Fund in our newest Spotlight video. The fund was…
Spotlight Video: Susan Classen CoL
Susan Classen CoL arrived at Cedars of Peace in 2003 and has been lovingly restoring the cabins and caring for the Cedars environment ever since. Her commitment to providing a natural setting resonating with beauty, peace and hospitality has touched…
Spotlight Video: Eva Marie Salas SL and Lupe Arciniega SL
This year, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of Colegio Loretto in La Paz, Bolivia. Eva Marie Salas SL and Lupe Arciniega SL are still in touch with women whom they taught as children 50 years…