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‘Upon This Hill’ – Poem by Cecily Jones SL
From “Mostly for Promise: Poems by Cecily Jones SL,” published 2013 Reflections of Isabella Clarke on the Sisters’ Transfer from Little Loretto to St. Stephen’s Farm, November 1824 After the…
Read MoreDonna Mattingly SL
I grew up on a small farm in rural Central Kentucky near the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse. The area is also known as Kentucky’s Holy Land. Before I entered Loretto…
Read MoreMaribah Ishaq SL
My name is Maribah Ishaq from Pakistan. I have been with the Sisters of Loretto since March 2020. Before coming to the convent, I was a teacher and taught English,…
Read MoreThe Rev. Marty Lally CoL
A native of Denver, I am a second-generation graduate of Holy Family High School, originally staffed by the Sisters of Loretto. My family and I have known Loretto for many…
Read MoreCathy Smith SL
I was born in Kansas City, Mo., and lived there until I was 4. Then we moved 63 miles away to Topeka, Kan., where we stayed until 1976, then returned…
Read MoreKathy Wright SL
I was born in Washington, D.C., and traveled west from there to Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and a few other places. After graduation from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo.,…
Read MoreReflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
God really likes surprises. In 1951 when 15 of my 36 novitiate classmates and I gathered for the first time at lunch in the guest house, which is now Knobs…
Read MoreReflection on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
As many of you know my niece, Dominica, and her husband, Fernando, were in a catastrophic car accident in mid-July. Both were injured. Fernando suffered massive head trauma and serious…
Read MoreReflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today Deuteronomy, Psalm 15, James and Jesus according to Luke tell us to act from our hearts. Not to murder or lie or cheat but to do good. I think…
Read MoreReflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I first sat with these readings I connected immediately with the first reading where God is inviting people back to fidelity and a closer relationship. And I think this…
Read MoreReflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 6:51-58 The words from John that we have just heard speak strongly to those of us who stand within the Christian tradition. The words resonate with anyone who walks…
Read MoreReflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sometimes I think the “Jews,” who in John’s Gospel passage for today refers to the religious leaders, get a bad rap. Let’s pretend for a few minutes. Suppose Aiden Miles,…
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