Are you interested in learning how to establish cover cropping on your own land? Join us from 9 am - noon Saturday, May 2, for a field day that will explore all things cover crops! Register here: www.lorettocommunity.org/event/cover-... #covercropping #farm #event #MarionCounty #Kentucky

I have been so captivated by this call from Christina Koch: "...we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.” What could it look like, even if just for today, for us to choose Earth? For us to choose each other? #MondayMusings #ArtemisII #Earth #Space (Photo credit: NASA)

Join the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee for a Marion County Judge/Executive Candidates Forum. The event, open to all, will take place 4 to 5 pm ET Saturday, April 11, in the Conference Room of the Motherhouse Academy Building, 430 Academy Lane, Nerinx, Ky. #MarionCounty #Kentucky #Loretto

Join the Motherhouse Peace Committee this Saturday, March 28 from 2-4 pm. Hope to see you there! #NoKings #LebanonKY #Kentucky #Protest #Rally www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Happy Spring! #spring #springtime #photography #nature #springsolstice

Join the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee for a Marion County Sheriff Candidates Forum. The event, open to all, will take place 4 to 5 p.m. ET Saturday, March 14, in the Conference Room of the Motherhouse Academy Building, 430 Academy Lane, Nerinx, Ky. #MarionCounty #Kentucky #Loretto

Tomorrow, March 11 at 4:30 pm ET! Alice Kitchen: Cities for CEDAW Role Model for Justice. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CSW #CEDAW #CSW70

Peter Wrinch, in a recent blogpost entitled “Retreat Centers were built for these times,” echoed the intention we hold for Knobs Haven and Cedars of Peace. Read Peter’s full blog on the Retreat Center Collaboration website here: www.retreatcentercollaboration.org/blog/retreat... #Retreats #Musings

March 4th (forth) is the only day of the year that tells you what to do! 😀 #MarchForth #March4th

Join us at 7 pm ET Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Loretto Motherhouse. 430 Academy Ln. Nerinx, Ky. 40049. #Kentucky #MarionCounty #Concert #Loretto #LorettoMotherhouse #LorettoCommunity

One of our members woke up to a winter wonderland in Long Island today! #Blizzard #NewYork #Photography #WinterWonderland

May this season of Lent reveal to each of us, not only our own beauty but the beauty that surrounds us as we learn to see through the eyes of our Creator. #Lent #MondayMusings

Friends from Louisville’s West End Women’s Collaborative were at the Motherhouse in early Feb. and led the Community in a collage craft, later made into a paper #quilt. Might we consider a #collage, rather than a melting pot, as a symbol of Beloved Community, our “more perfect Union?"

Join the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee for a Marion County Jailer Candidates Forum. The event, open to all, will take place 4 to 5 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Conference Room of the Motherhouse Academy Building, 430 Academy Lane, Nerinx, Ky. #MarionCounty #Kentucky #Loretto

A winter wonderland at the Loretto Motherhouse. Photos by Sister Donna Mattingly SL. #Kentucky #Photography #Nature #Winter #Snow

In this age when we can feel so powerless, these words of Thomas Berry CP offer us such strong consolation: “We must feel that we are supported by that same process that brought the Earth into being, that power that spun the galaxies into space, that lit the sun and brought the moon into its orbit."

Today's #FridayFind a compass which belonged to Reverend Athanasius Aud; it has an inscription bearing his name on the back of the wood case. The compass dates back to the early 19th century,is set in wood with a metal bezel and glass crystal, measures 3" in diameter and still functions accurately!

A reflection by Loretto Justice Fellow Giulianna Alcantarapalai. "When it may feel that the world is against us or falling apart, we have a community that we can fall back on that can uplift us." Read more here: www.lorettocommunity.org/reflection-o... #SocialJustice #ElPaso #Immigration

Terry Hudson, alumnus of Loretto Academy, created this Oregon Trail map in 1998 for the Discovery Trails Project of Accessible Arts in Kansas City, MO. Eleanor Craig SL ran the project and the braille map was used to make the Oregon Trail visible to visually impaired teenagers. #BrailleLiteracy

Healing Through Service by Loretto Justice Fellow Candice Licon. "True justice means creating conditions where people can thrive, not just survive. It means advocating for treatment instead of punishment, compassion instead of shame and community instead of isolation." Read more here. #SocialJustice

Why do I look at this field and only see dying plants when those same plants are actually bursting with seeds of new life? As another new year begins, may we celebrate fullness of life as a circle which includes both endings and beginnings. #LorettoRetreats #MondayMusings

Carved wood statuette of Mary and the child Jesus in a cylindrical wood case. A handwritten label indicates that it belonged to Father Nerinckx and late was carried by Mother Praxedes Carty in her pocket beginning in 1896. This piece measures a diminutive 2.25" tall. #FridayFind

A lovely reflection by Loretto Justice Fellow Dani Felix: "Being a Loretto Justice Fellow does not require being the loudest voice in the room, but openness and a willingness to grow." Read more here: www.lorettocommunity.org/loretto-just... #Immigration #ElPaso #Community

Loretto stands with LCWR and its response to the crisis in Venezuela. "The people of Venezuela deserve the freedom to determine their own future without coercion, violence, or external domination." #Venezuela

Check out LOREtto, a blog created by Loretto Heritage Center to share insights into the rich history of the Loretto Community. This article details the digitization process of two Loretto publications. #Archivalwork #Blog #Kentucky

“Love, loving.” Karl Rahner, Jesuit theologian, named God in this way. Love, loving. Doesn’t that say it all, in both the simplest/most powerful of ways? In this Christmas week, be on the lookout for appearances of Love, loving, especially in the humblest or unlikeliest of places. #MondayMusings

Where Hope Rests by Loretto Justice Fellow Carolina Cardoza-Hererra. "But justice work is sustained not by certainty, but by love, especially the kind that requires us to stay open when the world feels heavy." Read more here www.lorettocommunity.org/where-hope-r... #Immigration #ElPaso #Community

The decaying stump initially provided the grounding needed for the tiny saplings to grow but now it can no longer sustain them. What is the “decaying stump” in my life that once nourished me but can no longer sustain my growth? How is love inviting me to find a new source of grounding? #Advent

A reflection on Las Americas by Loretto Justice Fellow Ashley Vallecillo. "True advocacy means listening deeply, validating pain and walking with others in their struggle, not ahead of them." Read more here www.lorettocommunity.org/in-their-sto... #Immigration #ElPaso

In this second week of Advent as we open to light growing within us, is there any relationship or inner place in you that might be ready for some warmth? #MondayMusings #Advent

Join us this Saturday! #Kentucky #Christmas #FunForKids #Santa

This ornament, handcrafted by Sister Frances Weber SL (1941-2020), is one of our favorites and was chosen for today's #FridayFind. Learn more about Sister Frances' life and the story of her ornaments which she sold under the name "Small Delights" here: www.lorettocommunity.org/remembrance-...

The People We Choose Not to See: An Essay on Homelessness and Humanity by Loretto Justice Fellow Stephanie Menchey. "Let us build a world where no one is invisible. Where every soul is seen, every voice is heard and every life is valued." Read more here: www.lorettocommunity.org/the-people-w...

The British contemplative writer, Caryll Houselander, compared Mary to a reed or flute through whom the breath of God moved freely. As we begin this Advent season, I find myself asking, “How open am I for the Spirit to move through me?” #LorettoRetreats #MondayMusings

💜This #WorldAIDSDay, we're shining the spotlight on Sister Carmelita Hagan. 💜 She has been ministering to people with AIDS and HIV for over two decades at the House of Mercy. “They would often ask, ‘Where is God?’ and I would talk with them about God being present wherever.” buff.ly/TXk38ls

Celebrate the Christmas season with Loretto! We'll enjoy photos with Santa (4-7 pm), live music, a Christmas village with a working train, special displays of winter artifacts/art in the museum, door prizes, nativity sets from around the world, food, cookie decorating and more!

Land tells the story of place. Whatever place you call “home” holds the stories of Native Americans. Native American Heritage month offers opportunities to learn the story of the land where we live and honor the people for whom it is ancestral homeland. #LorettoRetreats

I was hurrying home when this picnic table, framed by maple leaves, called out. “Slow down, sit and be nourished,” it seemed to say. The natural world around us is slowing and deepening in preparation for winter. May we, too, slow and deepen during this autumn season. #LorettoRetreats

“We will be saved by beauty.” Such was the theme of this year’s @lorettolink.bsky.social gathering. One moment of beauty that shone brilliantly amidst difficult times: the birds that sang at the burial of a spouse. Can you recall such a moment in your life when beauty “saved” you? #LorettoRetreats

Happy Halloween! Please enjoy this photo of Sister Claudette LoPorto’s painted pumpkins at the Loretto Motherhouse.

Beauty draws us towards goodness and fosters the joy of noticing. The beauty of this fresh picked garden produce brought me joy this week. I wonder what beauty you will notice today. May it bring you joy and deepen your awareness of goodness. #LorettoRetreats #MondayMusings

Autumn, in all her nobility, reminds me of the bittersweet passage of time. Like this tree that integrated the iron fence into its living, what are the challenging circumstances or even tragedies that, with time, I have grown around and integrated into what I call “my life?”

Justice Fellows joined EPISO/Border Interfaith and 650 community members to envision and plan for a reimagined El Paso. From powerful testimonies to shared visions for mental health, immigration, work & sustainability, we witnessed what happens when everyday people come together with courage & hope.

Poet Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) describes God as “One who contracted His immensity and shut Himself in the scope of a small flower.” Small life forms contain God’s immensity. May I see God’s immensity today in everything from tiny flowers to small acts of kindness. #LorettoRetreats

In this episode of Mildly Amusing, host James Spragens chats with Angela and Cody Rakes, the dynamic duo behind Loretto Motherhouse Farm and their own family farm. They share their backgrounds in agriculture, how they met, and how they found their way to running Loretto Motherhouse Farm.

As the goldenrod dances in the breeze, I was reminded of Mary Oliver’s poem "Goldenrod." In the last line she describes the “pure peace of giving one’s gold away.” Not obligation or guilt or sense of responsibility but the “pure peace” of self-gift. May I, may we, know peace today. #LorettoRetreats

The seeds we sow determine the future. The choice is always ours to broadcast love. #LorettoRetreats #MondayMusings Photo: Butterfly weed seeds by Aggie Hoormann RSCJ

Loretto Heritage Center's 2nd Annual Family History Day is all about solving genealogy problems! This year, we are partnering with Marion County Public Library and Marion County Historical Society for the event. Register here: www.lorettocommunity.org/event/family...

Join us for "80 years of the United Nations: Its Evolution and Hope for the Future" from 10-11 am ET this Friday, Sept. 19. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What points me to gratitude? This sign stopped me in my tracks. Not “What am I grateful for?” but “What points me to gratitude?” I realized that my response is rest. When I’m rested I’m able to see and appreciate the gifts of life that surround me, even in hard times. What points you to gratitude?