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Snoopy in the Archives

By Loretto Heritage Center / March 25, 2025 /

A framed original Snoopy cartoon, signed by Charles Schulz. Snoopy wears a coat and tie and his thought bubble reads "I can spell "Rorschach" and I can spell "Logophile" and "Arachibutyrophobia" but I can't spell how WONDERFUL Sister Judith is!"

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…

For a New Age: In Kentucky and Colorado Loretto’s Newest Members Set Strides

By Reba Weatherford / February 25, 2025 /

Original author unknown This article was republished from the Winter 1964 issue of Loretto Magazine. It takes a look at the changes to the Loretto Novitiate in the 1960s. When…

Doctor Who?

By Loretto Community / January 24, 2025 /

Black and white photo of a woman in a white uniform making notes on a medical chart in a dispensary.

Though she may not be known for the sharp wit and teasing personality of Patrick Troughton, the iconic scarf and K9 companion of Tom Baker, or the resigned determination of…

Putting the Pieces Together on Immigration

By Eleanor Craig SL / January 10, 2025 /

A group of mostly women and one man post for a photo holding crosses and a colorful banner that reads "Loretto Volunteers: Working for Justice, Acting for Peace."

One of the most intriguing aspects of an archival collection is that it contains many bits and pieces that, woven together, reveal entire stories. Sometimes a curious researcher comes upon…

Musings of a Summer Intern

By Loretto Heritage Center / September 10, 2024 /

A colorful sketch of a yellow duck holding a blue umbrella while it swims in the rain.

By Grant Stroud The Heritage Center was excited to welcome Grant Stroud as our 2024 Summer Intern. Grant came to us from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,…

Wish You Were Here: Loretto History in Postcards

By Loretto Heritage Center / July 2, 2024 /

Most everyone has received postcards from friends having fun while traveling to beautiful and interesting places, and hopefully we’ve had the opportunity to send a few, as well. Postcards are…

Seeking Home—Corpus Christi—Mystical Body

By Loretto Community / May 29, 2024 /

Pencil sketch of Little Loretto in Harding Creek, KY

The Kentucky settlers and the Indigenous Peoples they displaced have a common story—they were almost all refugees, which means for one reason or another they needed to leave where they…

A sneak peek at the Loretto Heritage Center oversized photo collection

By Amanda Beard / February 26, 2024 /

At the Loretto Heritage Center, I have had the pleasure of getting to learn about the amazing history that surrounds the Sisters of Loretto. I have been one of the…

Polyglot Perspectives: Archiving Loretto’s Multilingual Collections

By Reba Weatherford / January 30, 2024 /

Imagine I handed you a document and instructed you to file it in its proper place. What’s the first thing you might do? Hopefully, you would read through the document…

12 Days of Christmas in the Archives

By Susanna Pyatt / December 25, 2023 /

Teenage girls in shimmering dresses dance on stage with two large rings as props.

Happy holidays! It is once again time for the Heritage Center’s annual “12 Days of Christmas” spree. If you did not follow along on our Facebook page, all of the…

The Secret Life of Photographs

By Angela Selter / October 31, 2023 /

Black and white photo of the shadow of a leafy tree on the siding of a building.

I bet that at some point you have looked at an unlabeled photograph and wondered about what exactly its story might be. The classic who, what, when, where, and why…

Lucia Perea: Spotlight on a New Mexican Sister

By Amanda Beard / October 3, 2023 /

Archival formal photo of a young Sister Lucia Perea in habit holding her bible and posing.

Did you know that September 15th through October 15th is Hispanic Heritage month? This annual celebration began in 1968 as “Hispanic Heritage Week” and was later extended to a month…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.