Sister Mary McAuliffe SL (first known as Sister Susan Jean) died Oct. 5, 2024, at the Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. She was 82 and in the 60th year of h… ...

Since 1812, the Loretto Sisters have called this corner of Kentucky home, an area in Marion County often referred to as "the Holy Land" due to the many religious communities that settled there in ...

Sister Marie Ego SL died Jan. 23, 2025, at the Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, KY. She was 86 and in the 59th year of her Loretto commitment. Born April 24, 1… ...

Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Loretto for our mission, c/o Loretto Motherhouse, 515 Nerinx Road, Nerinx, KY 40049 or as an online gift at www.lorettocommunity.org. Posted online on ...

Nerinx - Sister Theresa Louise Wiseman SL, died March 27, 2021, at Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in Nerinx, KY, just after her 100th birthday and just short of her 80th anniversary as a Sister of ...

Two monastic orders in rural Kentucky, the Sisters of Loretto and Our Lady of Gethsemani, have made news recently for refusing to permit a gas company to install a pipeline across their property.

Sister Mary Swain looks out over the 825 acres from the bell tower of the 1860s convent that now houses the Loretto Community in Nerinx, Ky. The community of of vowed sisters and co members have ...

In January, Lindsey Faust and her partner visited the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Kentucky, for a mini vacation. Faust was a former volunteer with Loretto Volunteers and shared a rapport with ...

Ever since the days of pioneer homesteaders, the Sisters of Loretto have lived amid the rolling hills of central Kentucky. They taught in rural schools, still operate a corn and soybean farm and ...

Video: Meet the Singing, Anti-Fracking Nuns In the rolling green hills of Kentucky, the Sisters of Loretto are leading a grassroots movement against the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline.

Sister Mary Luke Tobin, 98, the only American woman to participate in the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council, died Thursday in Nerinx, Ky. Tobin, a former superior general and ...

In the rolling hills of Kentucky, the Sisters of Loretto are leading a grassroots movement against the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline, a 1,100-mile project that would connect Pennsylvania, ...