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The Loretto Log Cabin Quilt square, part of the Marian County Marion County Quilt Trail, a portion of the “Clothesline of Quilts” trail that runs throughout Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, was blessed after the Sunday Liturgy, March 22 at the Motherhouse. This is one of the first projects for our Jubilee 2012.

Martha and Leonard Potter who live in Calvary, KY, have worked tirelessly organizing the Marion County section of the Quilt Trail. There was much more interest than they had ever imagined. Martha has been able to persuade several other people in the area to help with the painting and hanging of the squares. Martha asked Nancy Miles from neighboring Raywick to paint the Loretto Square. Nancy began researching 1775-1825 quilt patterns, designs and fabrics, the period when this area of Kentucky was being settled. After painting the solid light and dark colors of each “log” she began to recreate in paint with the help of her daughter Tina Miles Craig the fabric prints she had discovered in her research.

Kentucky Ice Storm Hits Motherhouse

Motherhouse Ice Storm - Video by Peg Jacobs

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Seven Dolors walkway to the cemetery

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All bundled up to shell pecans

Loretto Present at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona

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Ten Loretto persons traveled to Ft. Huachuca at Sierra Vista, Arizona, and to Mariposa on the Mexican border on a weekend in mid-November. They wanted to be a peaceful presence where particular injustices exist and to gain better understanding of immigration facts and of the prevalent use of torture.

The time at the border on Saturday coincided with the early morning return to the Mexico side of the border of women, men, and some children who had been apprehended by the Border Patrol on the U.S. side.

Those who made the trip were Trish Herron CoL, Education Committee; Mary Bundy CoL, Mary Jean Friel CoL, Carolyn Jaramillo CoL, Alicia Ramirez SL, Latin American/Caribbean Committee; PJ Manion SL, Karen Navarro CoL, Betty Obal SL, Sharon Palma CoL, Disarmament /Economic Conversion Committee; and Chelsea Collonge from Albuquerque, a new co-member in process.

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From modest beginnings on the Kentucky frontier in 1812 and up to the present, Loretto is under the guidance of the Holy Spirit with a rich heritage of friendship, simplicity, generosity, hard work, and devotion to education.

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