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Leadership

All Loretto members are leaders. Every six years, six Loretto women religious and six Co-members are elected to serve the Community. Their generosity throughout the years has enhanced the life of Loretto and its mission. Learn more about our Loretto Leadership.

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The Rev. Marty Lally CoL

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

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…

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Cathy Smith SL

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

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…

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Kathy Wright SL

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

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.,…

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Mary Beth “Buffy” Boesen SL, President

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

One of the first things people ask when I meet them is “Is Buffy your real name?” The answer is long but I repeat it willingly and happily because I…

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Sisters of Loretto Elect Des Moines Native To Lead Congregation

By Loretto Community / July 23, 2024 /

Posted by the Diocese of Des Moines on July 23, 2024 The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July…

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Loretto Community’s new leadership to take office September 15

By Loretto Community / July 11, 2024 /

The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July 5-10 Delegate Assembly in Louisville, Ky. Sister Buffy will take office…

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Loretto’s 2024 Assembly, July 5-10

By Loretto Community / July 1, 2024 /

Loretto’s 2024 Assembly begins this week and continues in the next. We invite you to join Community members in the following prayer (early and often!) for Loretto in preparation for…

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Leadership of Loretto presidents guides Community ever forward

By Loretto Community / February 19, 2024 /
Five recent Loretto presidents pose for a photo.

Hurray! Congratulations! Thank you! In every Election Assembly that Loretto experiences, applause and cheers ring out following the election of a president. The work of the Holy Spirit woven into…

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Loretto urgently calls for end to Middle East war

By Loretto Community / January 11, 2024 /
Colorful artwork with the text "We work for justice and act for peace." Art by Bob Strobridge.

Loretto grieves the deaths in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, mostly women and children. All their homes in Gaza are gone.…

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Mary Luke Tobin SL

By Loretto Community / September 22, 2023 /
An older woman with glasses and white hair photographed smiling wearing a pink blazer. She is standing in front of lush pine tree branches.

A woman of wisdom and insight led by the Gospel, her Community and her conscience to work for justice and act for peace. Every type of discrimination, whether social or…

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Loretto, other women religious communities offer joint statement on April 10 mass shooting in Louisville

By Loretto Community / April 11, 2023 /
Colorful artwork with the text "We work for justice and act for peace." Art by Bob Strobridge.

We, the vowed, co-members, associates and partners of our women religious communities, are devastated by the loss of five more lives in Monday’s mass shooting in Louisville. This marked the…

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Eileen Harrington CoL

By Loretto Community / February 3, 2022 /
A woman, Eileen Harrington with short grey hair and dark-framed glasses smiling brightly for a headshot picture outdoors wearing a blue t-shirt.

I was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. I first met the Sisters of Loretto as a senior in high school, when our student government hired Mary Ann Gleason to help…

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