Remembrances

The prayer card for Loretto’s deceased members reads, “Gracious God, may they live forever in the splendor of your light and life in the company of all the saints.” We know that they do, but it’s good to say it. View all Obituaries.

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Remembrance of the Life of Lucy Donovan Walsh CoL

By Loretto Community / February 4, 2017 /

A woman smiling gently with short, white hair, big glasses, and a purple patterned blouse indoors.

Lucy Donovan Walsh of Kirkwood, Mo., composed a thorough autobiography, at the time of her application for Co-membership in the Loretto Community in 1989: “One must start with being born…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Kristin McNamara SL

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2017 /

Kristin McNamara composed her own obituary and submitted it to the Archives when she moved from Taos, N.M., to Loretto Motherhouse. It reads as follows: “On April 17, 1932, I…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Carolyn Ann Wheat SL

By Loretto Community / December 30, 2016 /

Sister Carolyn Ann, who was baptized Anna Sophia, was a daughter of Kentucky who spent almost her entire adult life in the western United States. Her mother, Georgia Regina Thompson, was…

Remembrance of the Life of Jenelyn Wessler CoL

By Loretto Community / December 2, 2016 /

A woman with short, grey hair and dangly earrings smiling brightly wearing a blue and pink patterned blouse, a pink cardigan and a white boutonnière with a dark background with green leaves.

Of Jen Wessler’s early years we have little information. We do know from her co-membership application, completed in 1980, that she was born in Oregon, named Jenelyn and attended St.…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Anne Michelle LaMarre SL

By Loretto Community / November 28, 2016 /

A woman with short, grey hair wearing a beige and white striped turtleneck sweater smiling while sitting in a white striped chair with a lilac background.

Sister Anne Michelle LaMarre was born into a devout Catholic family in Kankakee, Ill. As Monica Margaret LaMarre, she grew up with two brothers and four sisters, all of whom attended Loretto-taught…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Jane (Sister John Dennis) Clark, SL

By Loretto Community / November 17, 2016 /

A portrait picture of a woman in a pale pink button up collared shirt with brownish grey hair and wire glasses with a dark blue background.

Jane Clark was born in Lebanon, Ky., a descendant of two of Kentucky’s earliest Catholic families. Her father was John Dennis Clark of Lebanon and her mother Lucy Thomas of…

Remembrance of the Life of Alma Schuler CoL

By Loretto Community / November 13, 2016 /

Alma Marcella Schuler was a quiet, gentle woman often introduced in Loretto circles as “the younger sister of the Schuler twins.” Alma, known in the family as Peggy, was the…

Remembrance of the Life of Barbara Agnew CPPS, CoL

By Loretto Community / October 8, 2016 /

A woman with short grey hair and small wire glasses smiles for a portrait picture wearing a white collared shirt with lace detailing and a cross necklace with a blue background.

Sister Barbara Agnew was born in Dayton, Ohio, the older of two children of Walter Ignatius and Marie Katherine Weiser Agnew. She grew up in Cincinnati and attended Regina High…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Lois Zeis SL

By Loretto Community / September 27, 2016 /

A woman with a ponytail of white hair, and glasses wearing a light blue shirt and a darker blue cardigan smiling for a picture indoors.

Sister Lois Zeis was born in St. Louis at the very end of 1924; early in the new year she was baptized Irene Ann. Her parents, Frank and Mary Brune…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Severin Duehren, OSF, CoL

By Loretto Community / August 31, 2016 /

A woman with short grey hair and small wire glasses wearing a dainty necklace, and a navy blue sweater smiling for a picture outdoors with flowers, vines, and a brick building in the background.

Franciscan Sister Severin Duehren was drawn into Loretto Co-membership in 1985 by her eighteen-year friendship with Loretto Sister Rose Annette Liddell, with whom she had roomed for a year of…

Remembrance of the Life of Rosalia Duran-Guevara (formerly Sister Maria Duran SL) CoL

By Loretto Community / August 26, 2016 /

A woman with short grey hair wearing a white collared shirt with light blue and green patterns, and glasses smiling for a picture with a dark background.

Rosalia Duran Guevara, who died in Albuquerque, N.M., Aug. 26, 2016, was a Loretto Co-member for 21 years and a Sister of Loretto for 20 years. Rosalia began her association…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Veronica Marie (formerly Sister Mary Thomas) Schneider SL

By Loretto Community / August 15, 2016 /

A woman with short curly grey hair, wearing big glasses, and a dark blue patterned collared shirt smiling for a picture while sitting on a plush grey velvet chair indoors.

A very small card rests in the personnel file of Sister Veronica Marie Schneider. It reads, “Announcing the birth of a Daughter on December 3, 1925, [to] Mr. and Mrs.…

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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.