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St. Louis

The “Gateway to the West,” St. Louis was an early foundation of the Loretto Community. One of its first missions outside of Kentucky, St. Louis remains a focal point of Loretto life and mission.

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Ritual Honors Closing of St. Louis Center

By Donna Day SL / February 1, 2017 /
A wide variety of individuals gathered together at an indoor community event smiling for a picture.

It is true…. Community happened here… mission happened here… hospitality happened here… love happened here. “It is true — the doors of the past, which opened onto their own special…

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Surprised by Beauty

By Roberta Hudlow SL / September 1, 2016 /
Green Park and Pond on University Campus with ducks.

There is a soft spot of ecological and low-tech beauty behind Webster University’s multiple-rise parking garage on Garden Avenue. It is a low marshy area that planners at the university…

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Hunger Fund’s Generous Donors Enable Global and Local Reach

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2016 /
A young woman with black hair pulled back smiling brightly while wearing an apron and working at a pottery wheel making a bowl in a studio.

By Cecily Jones The late Jane Corbett, friend of Loretto in St. Louis and a Mary Rhodes awardee, began her 2015 request to the Loretto Hunger Fund by writing “in…

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