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For 40 years, Loretto Volunteers joined the Community in communal service to people in need. They served in such areas as education, health clinics, homelessness and immigration. Now, as the Loretto Justice Fellowship program, the Fellows continue to serve with various partners around El Paso. Learn more about Loretto Justice Fellowship.

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Loretto launches new Justice Fellowship Program

By Annie Rosenkranz / June 19, 2023 /

Loretto’s leadership has approved the Loretto Justice Fellowship as the successor to the Loretto Volunteer Program. The Loretto Justice Fellowship begins its pilot year in El Paso in 2023 in…

Teamwork shows the future is bright

By Susan Classen CoL / April 1, 2023 /

Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” If the days of the week of Feb. 10-17 are any…

Students give back at the Motherhouse

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / February 17, 2023 /

After the long pandemic-caused delay of two summers, the student volunteers from our three Loretto-connected high schools in St. Louis, Denver and El Paso returned for a week with us.…

Loretto Justice Fellowship Successor to Loretto Volunteer Program!

By Loretto Community / February 8, 2023 /

Loretto is excited to announce the Loretto Justice Fellowship as the successor to the Loretto Volunteer Program! The pilot year of the Loretto Justice Fellowship will launch in El Paso, Texas,…

Loretto Shines Light on Former Loretto Volunteers This Advent

By Loretto Community / December 12, 2022 /

Advent is an invitation time. We are invited to take time during these winter days to see where we are. We are not talking about Christmas shopping! We are talking…

Teens Lend A Hand At The Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / July 31, 2022 /

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, students from Loretto Academy, Nerinx Hall and St. Mary’s Academy visited the Motherhouse campus for a week of service and camaraderie.…

LoVos come together in support of migrants

By Annie Rosenkranz / July 6, 2022 /

Encuentro is Spanish for meeting, gathering, encounter — the act of coming together. For the Loretto Volunteer Program, our experience of encuentro at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso this…

Loretto Volunteer Program Update

By Annie Rosenkranz / June 1, 2022 /

Upon the collective recommendation of, and with the full support of, Volunteer Program staff, the Loretto Volunteer Program Advisory Board, the Community Forum and our partners at the Catholic Volunteer…

Loretto at the UN: 30 Years and Counting of Working for Justice and Peace

By Loretto Community / March 14, 2022 /

Loretto at the UN has been a recognized Non-Governmental Organization at the United Nations for three decades, addressing issues related to nuclear disarmament, peace and security, women and girls rights,…

A LoVo’s First-Time Experiences

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2022 /

I have always found it difficult to visualize anything new. When I first applied to the Loretto Volunteer program and accepted my placement with Loretto at the UN, I had…

Newest Loretto Volunteers bring passion for justice to Loretto and to community work

By Annie Rosenkranz / December 5, 2021 /

Loretto Volunteers explore and embody the program’s core values of intentional community, spirituality, solidarity, sustainability and social justice. We are excited to kick off the 2021-2022 Loretto Volunteer Program year!…

Loretto Volunteer Program: Fostering the Spirit of Loretto

By Annie Rosenkranz / September 5, 2021 /

We are excited to kick off the 2021-2022 Loretto Volunteer Program year!  We are welcoming seven Volunteers who will serve with social justice organizations in Denver and El Paso, Texas,…

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