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Loretto Legacy

Loretto’s legacy of working for justice and acting for peace at the urging of the Gospel continues to be lived out in the work of today’s Loretto Community members and friends, Loretto-associated schools and their students, Loretto’s intentional investments, and its sponsorship of partner organizations.

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Loretto Magazine – Winter 2025

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /

Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Loretto Leadership A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL As the newly-elected president of the Loretto Community, I invite you as you…

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Justice Fellows live Loretto’s spirit of service

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /
A group of nine people smiling in a group.

Ten Loretto Justice Fellows are currently serving with five placement organizations in the El Paso, Texas, community. During the fall 2024 semester, they contributed 2,500 hours of service to people…

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Photo album: Loretto members tirelessly pursue justice and peace

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / March 10, 2025 /
A group of protesters gather with signs on a cold day

Explore the rich story of Loretto’s peacemaking history in the Winter 2021 issue of Loretto Magazine. 1990s We are called to be missionaries of peace. … It means making space…

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Two Loretto-founded schools mark 100 years

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /
Five older women seated in a pew smile while a man and child pray behind them

Nerinx Hall High SchoolSt. Louis Loretto members joined a 3,000-plus crowd in October to celebrate Nerinx’s 100-year anniversary. Festivities included a Mass, student performances, campus tours, carnival games, food from…

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Spring groundbreaking eyed for Sisters Heritage Center

By Loretto Community / March 7, 2025 /

Posted by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland on March 4, 2025 The Women’s Religious Archives Collaborative announced last year that it would construct a Heritage Center in Cleveland to preserve…

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What do you love about Loretto? Let us count the ways!

By Loretto Community / February 10, 2025 /
A red heart background surrounds Sister Roberta Hudlow as she sits with a box of letters.

The Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto tells us in Article 11 that “Loretto came to be and comes to be through the creative Spirit of God, whose grace worked…

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Loretto legacy remains vibrant: Historic Loretto Heights building secures major EPA grant for community center transformation

By Loretto Community / January 15, 2025 /
Collage of archival photos of the Loretto Heights College buildings and campus

Loretto is proud to celebrate the EPA awarding a grant of more than $20 million to COMMÚN in support of the work to save and re-develop Machebeuf Hall, part of the…

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Student Literacy Corps continues Loretto legacy

By Loretto Community / November 13, 2024 /

Posted by The Journal, November 10, 2024 Webster University was founded by the Sisters of Loretto in 1915. If you aren’t familiar with the Loretto community, its mission then, as…

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging – a Loretto legacy

By Loretto Community / March 13, 2024 /
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These are the first rules that St. Mary’s Academy was founded on. … “No denomination is refused if willing to observe the rules of the school.” Which means that 160…

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Plans unveiled for Catholic Sisters’ Heritage Center in Cleveland

By Loretto Community / March 11, 2024 /

Originally posted by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland on March 10, 2024 The Women’s Religious Archives Collaborative will establish a Heritage Center in Cleveland to preserve and celebrate the unique…

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Loretto’s Justice Fellowship: a bold, innovative leap of faith

By Annie Rosenkranz / February 20, 2024 /
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The Loretto Justice Fellowship has taught me about community and how I can utilize my personal strengths to seek for justice in every way in my life. Larissa Meza, Loretto…

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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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