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Volunteers

For 40 years, Loretto Volunteers have joined the Community in communal service to people in need. They have served in such areas as education, health clinics, homelessness and immigration. Learn more about Loretto volunteers.

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Meet Keithlee Spangler: Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, Washington, D.C.

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2019 /
A woman with short brown hair smiling brightly for a headshot picture wearing a black and white plaid collared shirt with a red brick background.

The Loretto Volunteer Program recently hired an assistant Volunteer coordinator in Washington, D.C. Meet Keithlee Spangler! Keithlee (pronouns: they/them/theirs) grew up in St. Louis but has settled in the D.C.…

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Reconnecting, Recommitting

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2018 /
A group photo of many people smiling brightly while standing on the front steps of a red brick building.

By Jes Stevens It’s been four years since I was a Loretto Volunteer. Four years! Some days it feels like my time working in Washington, D.C., as a Volunteer was…

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Loretto Volunteers Arrive in El Paso!

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2018 /
5 women sitting together on a couch in a living room for a group picture.

By Mallory Daily and Mary Margaret Murphy A neon poster “Welcome Loretto Volunteers” greeted Sawyer Hill, Amy Maltz, Isabel Ngo, Marissa Nuñez and Amelie Rode on their arrival at the…

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Many Meanings of Friendship

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2018 /
Two young women, both with dark-framed glasses, one with short brown hair and the other with long brown hair smiling together brightly for a selfie outdoors in a city.

By Susan Nichols, former Loretto Volunteer Those who surround the Community know that Loretto houses are filled with furniture, knickknacks and art passed around the sisters and co-members. Our Volunteer…

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Introducing the 2018-2019 Loretto Volunteers!

By Mallory Daily / September 1, 2018 /
Thirteen women smiling together for a group picture on the front stairs of a red brick building outdoors.

Thirteen Loretto Volunteers arrived Aug. 10 for their weeklong orientation at the Loretto Motherhouse. As you already might know, Loretto Volunteers commit to a year of service working full time…

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Loretto Volunteer Program Expands to El Paso

By Mallory Daily / June 1, 2018 /
A woman with short grey hair and black-framed glasses smiling brightly underneath a white sign with black lettering that says: LORETTO on a white building outdoors on a sunny day.

Like many a good story, this one starts with an ice storm in Kentucky. Mary Swain was driving us to the Louisville airport. Claudia Calzetta and I woke early on…

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Negotiation of Compacts This Year at United Nations

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2018 /
An ipad, digital screen, and microphone sitting on a desk in front of a notebook with handwritten notes.

By Mary Louise Pabello Editor’s Note: Mary Louise is a returning Loretto Volunteer now working as NGO U.N. Intern/Loretto Community. The Loretto Community has long supported migrants and refugees in…

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Tobin House: Keeping an Open Door

By Claudia Calzetta SL / April 1, 2017 /
A white house with blue detailing surrounded by green trees and grass on a sunny day.

Everything happened so fast at the annual mid-year retreat for the St. Louis Volunteers. We were enjoying a beautiful sunny day at Rockhaven retreat center. It was a relaxing weekend,…

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Tobin House: Keeping an Open Door

By Loretto Community / March 31, 2017 /

By Claudia Calzetta Everything happened so fast at the annual mid-year retreat for the St. Louis Volunteers. We were enjoying a beautiful sunny day at Rockhaven retreat center. It was…

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Former Volunteers Reconnect at Loretto Motherhouse Retreat

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2016 /
A wide variety of individuals collect together for a group picture during a retreat.

Seventeen Loretto Volunteer Program alums participated in a retreat at the Motherhouse over Labor Day weekend. They traveled from diverse places, including New York, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, Missouri and Connecticut.…

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