Working for justice and acting for peace since 1812
The Loretto Community
We are the Congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.
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Our priority concerns are immigration justice, care for Earth and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Loretto Community members work for justice and act for peace in the United States, at the United Nations and around the world, including in education, healthcare, spiritual accompaniment, the empowerment of women, environmental stewardship, anti-discrimination, land acknowledgement and advocacy.
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We serve throughout the United States, in addition to our missions and partnerships in Pakistan, Ghana and Guatemala.
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Loretto recently was informed of the death of Loretto Co-member Rita Vigil. She died Jan. 20, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She would have turned 89 Feb. 5.
Rita became a Co-member May 8, 2004. She was received into Loretto as a vowed member May 24, 1955, taking the name Sister Ann Denise, and was released from vowed membership April 21, 1970. She was a gifted and dedicated artist and teacher who lived for many years with Sister Carolyn Mary Tighe in Colorado Springs.
Rita was to have been inurned in the Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum, America the Beautiful Columbarium, in Colorado Springs. Please keep Rita, her family and all her loved ones in your prayers. May she rest in peace.
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