Archive for March 2025
Hope grounds Loretto, all people of faith, connecting them to God, one another
Can you believe it’s the Fourth Sunday of Lent already? St. Paul’s call to the Corinthians —“Be reconciled to Christ”— may sound easy to do, but it is not. This…
Read MoreLiving Laudato Si’ – daily!
The Loretto Community is committed to participating in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, and many of the Loretto schools have done the same. Liz Deines SL, acting campus minister at…
Read MoreReflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent
Luke 15: 1-3; 11-32 The story of the Prodigal Son is one of the most famous parables of Jesus. Many of us could repeat this story almost verbatim. The traditional…
Read MoreSpring’s Rush
In spring’s rush buds push like impatient children, in a tearing hurry, desperate it seems to grow into lushness. And I, like a doting parent, beg them to linger in…
Read MoreSnoopy in the Archives
An article in Sister Ann David Naeger’s newsletter “Our Days at Loretto Motherhouse” dated August 31, 2015 tells the story behind an original Charles Schulz Snoopy cartoon housed in the…
Read MoreWelcome to Loretto Motherhouse: A place where God’s love shines brightly!
The journey of Lent has brought us to the story of Moses’ wonderful imagination of seeing God through the burning bush. The bush was not losing its leaves! What a…
Read MoreHaiti Journal – March 2025
It has been quite a while since I have been able to send out a Haiti Journal. I presume that most of you have kept up somewhat with what continues…
Read MoreReflection on the Third Sunday of Lent
Exodus 17:3-7 Romans 5:1-8 John 4:5-42 When speaking of the Scriptures, there is always a choice to be…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Rita (formerly Sister Mary Ann Frederick) Bruegenhagen SL
Sister Rita (formerly Sister Mary Ann Frederick) Bruegenhagen SL died peacefully the afternoon of March 22, 2025, at Loretto Living Center, with Loretto members, including Irene Doody, her pew partner, by her side. Rita was…
Read More5 Awe-inspiring Catholic sites not to miss in Kentucky
Posted March 3, 2025 by Aleteia. … The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Trappist monastery, home to monks who are Cistercians of the Strict Observance. It is…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Restore the USAID
This letter to the editor by Sister Patricia McCormick SL appeared in the March 12, 2025 issue of the Lebanon Enterprise. Dear Editor, I write to ask whether others in…
Read MoreListen up: Lent, St. Patrick, St. Joseph & Loretto Magazine!
The second week of Lent the Church scribes give us the message that Jesus wants us to remember for the whole season of Lent and perhaps our whole life. Here…
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