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We are the Congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. Since 1812, through education and service to those who are poor, we continue to work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.
Loretto joins the global community in celebrating the 2026 Season of Creation following the theme “Living Water.” This week we highlight the Community’s ongoing ministry of care for Earth.
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What was on your dinner table recently? Perhaps you enjoyed strawberries or lettuce, tomatoes, chilies, soybean products, cherries, corn, carrots, potatoes, avocados, beets and more, all representative of God’s abundant bounty. Credit the farmworkers for helping to put this delicious food on our tables. For over 50 years Loretto has stood with the National Farm Workers Ministry “to advocate alongside farm workers in their struggle for just wages and decent working conditions.” Throughout these years, Loretto has been drawn into important, wonderful and learning relationships with farmworkers from many countries south of our border. We proclaim with them: YES, WE CAN! And Yes, they did!
Read more here: www.lorettocommunity.org/loretto-and-the-farm-worker-ministry-standing-together-for-50-years/
Photo credit: Dolores Huerta (center), receiving the Mary Rhodes Award from the Loretto Women's Network, is flanked by longtime farm worker ministry supporters Virginia Nesmith, at left, former executive director of the National Farm Workers Ministry and former Loretto development director, and Mary Jean Friel CoL. Photo courtesy of Mary Jean Friel.
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Because the Gospel urges us, Loretto works for justice and acts for peace through our four pillars of Education, Advocacy, Healing and Spirituality.
With priority concerns of immigration justice, care for Earth and the abolition of nuclear weapons, Loretto Community members cultivate justice and promote peace efforts 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.
