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Justice and Peace

Grounded in our roots and enlightened by the Gospel, “we work for a future in which the poor and suffering, the hungry in body and spirit, will know God’s saving presence in them.” Learn more about our Justice and Peace work.

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New Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis

By Loretto Community / October 14, 2024 /

Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care.…

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Working for justice and acting for peace by improving accessibility

By Loretto Community / October 7, 2024 /
Four people smile together while riding on a golf cart outside on a sunny day.

Working for justice and acting for peace can take many forms. Sometimes, the first step is making sure events, resources and information are accessible to everyone, whether able-bodied or disabled,…

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Peace Week at the Motherhouse

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / October 4, 2024 /
One woman watches as another one signs a paper on a wooden podium with a microphone on a church stage.

As we began the celebration of International Peace Week at the Motherhouse Sept. 15-21, on behalf of the Loretto Community, outgoing president Barbara Nicholas and incoming president Buffy Boesen signed…

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Barbara Lee: A bridge to connect to our roots

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Two women standing and smiling together visiting a slave memorial site.

By Rosa Lizarde All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.– Bell Hooks Connecting Our Roots, organized by Loretto Link’s Cooperative Economics Working Group in…

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At UN Summit of the Future, sisters highlight root causes of poverty

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2024 /

Published by the Global Sisters Report on September 27, 2024 Catholic sisters and lay congregational representatives, joined by clergy and lay allies and partners, say that a just-concluded “Summit of…

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Loretto celebrates International Day of Peace with Pinwheels for Peace

By Loretto Community / September 23, 2024 /
An elementary student sits on the ground amongst pinwheels. A teacher stands behind her and a sign that reads "PINWHEELS FOR PEACE." The o in "for" is a peace sign.

Three Loretto schools – Loretto Academy, El Paso, Texas.; Nerinx Hall High School, St. Louis; and St. Mary’s Academy, Denver – collaborated on making Pinwheels for Peace in anticipation of…

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Mary Luke Tobin Social Justice Award 2024

By Christina Manweller / September 18, 2024 /
A young Black woman with medium length natural hair and two small silver earrings in her right ear is smiling looking to the side and wearing a light blue and white striped shirt.

Emmy Stoll and Brendan Staff, 12th annual Mary Luke Tobin Social Justice Award honorees, impressed the selection committee with their deep commitment to social justice. Emmy, born in Ethiopia and…

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Justice Fellowship thrives in El Paso

By Annie Rosenkranz / September 18, 2024 /
A group of Latino social work and law students stand staggered on three steps to take a group photo. There are nine women and one man.

Loretto Justice Fellows carry forward Loretto’s mission and values, providing direct service in key mission areas where Loretto Community members have served for decades. In the 2024-2025 program year, the…

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Bringing running water to a Kentucky family

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /
An older white woman with grey hair and round framed glasses, a striped pink shirt and beige pants smiles in a newly constructed and completed bathroom.

A dad and his two daughters, ages 11 and 14, living a short distance from Loretto Motherhouse were hauling water to their home month after month. Judy Popp SL, who…

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Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on ‘largest pro-life issue’ — the Earth

By Loretto Community / September 13, 2024 /

Published by National Catholic Reporter on Sept. 9, 2024 Deep along two-lane roads, nestled amid the undulating, verdant hillsides of Vermont, the Sisters of the Earth Community at Green Mountain Monastery…

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Loretto’s collaborative efforts extend its mission to work for justice, act for peace

By Loretto Community / September 9, 2024 /
Beth Blissman CoL and five other people of varying ages and races smile for a selfie together.

What is the invitation of our time? What crossroads are we facing? What is missing from a community picture? What collaborations sustain us? These are questions that many religious communities…

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Let Us Not Forget, Let Us Remember

By Loretto Community / August 7, 2024 /

On Aug. 6, 2024, the Loretto Peace Committee held a beautiful prayerful remembrance Zoom to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. You can watch the recording below.

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