“What is Emerging” Reflections

It is April, the season of New Life! Is there New Life emerging in my/your life and in the Loretto Community? The idea of people and/or communities going through a…

It is no secret that throughout the centuries ordinary people have been called to a prophetic vocation. Abraham Heschel taught that “there is the grain of the prophet in the…

A gift from the Forum this past year was the lovely and challenging Advent Reflections 2020 booklet that was adapted from “Seeing Where You Belong in a Post-Pandemic World” by…

In the past several years, perhaps from the time of the Apostolic Visitation, it seems that what has emerged and what continues to emerge within the Loretto Community is a…

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) has been a favorite of Loretto folks for many years. His teachings and writings continue to inspire and challenge us, and so much of what he wrote…

A story told by Frank Tuoti in his book The Dawn of the Mystical Age (1979) goes something like this: Early in John Paul II’s papacy, the state of the…

Our first virtual Assembly was quite amazing! The presentations were challenging, the discussions lively and meaningful. And even though we were unable to meet each other face to face, there…

Against the backdrop of the coronavirus global pandemic, with the new moon of late May beginning to set with the sun, 25 women from 19 locations in two countries came…

The ending is a beginning! LCWR’s most recent Reflective Journal on Discernment presents us with a poem entitled “Trasna” by Raphael Consedine PBVM. It challenges us to view this historic…

The truest thing that can be said about Loretto’s Emerging Forms Committee (EFC) is that, since its inception, our understanding of our work has been … well … emerging! And…

Soon we will be celebrating the Easter Mysteries once again. We invite you to join us as we ponder these mysteries with eyes of the heart and discover the Risen…

You may recall in the Advent Reflection 2019 booklet which was inspired by “A Vision for the Future of Religious Life” by Sr. Teresa Maya CCVI, the fourth week was…