Loretto Magazine - Fall-Winter 2012

Fall-Winter 2012

Volume 54, No. 3

Our remarkable 200th Jubilee Year

Newly elected Loretto leaders usher in 2013

About this issue . . .

2012

LORETTO COMMUNITY We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.

has been a remarkable year for the Loretto Community.

Two-hundred years have passed since three young

children on the Kentucky frontier. They had been raised in Maryland as devout Catholics and sought to formalize their tiny trio as a new order of women religious. With the help of the territorial priest, Father Charles Nerinckx, they became the Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross in 1812, later taking the name Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross. After two centuries we are known as the Loretto Community. Those three women of families in the American West. At the peak of U.S. Catholic education in the 1950s, Loretto was 1,200 sisters strong teaching in hundreds of parochial schools and several excellent academies.

We have had much to celebrate in our bicentennial Jubilee year. On page 4 a full listing of all Jubilee events through December is shown. On page 10 history, our endeavors in Colorado, and the vital work we undertake now.

We hope your interest in Loretto will continue as we — an empowered and loving religious community — move into our third century.

Founded in 1812, Loretto includes 215 sisters and 214 co-members.

Co-members are those who, by mutual commitment, belong to the Loretto Community through a sharing of spirit and values and participating in activities that further our mission.

For more information contact: Loretto Community Membership Staff 4000 So. Wadsworth Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80123-1308 Phone: 303-783-0450 Fax: 303-783-0611 Web: www.lorettocommunity.org

Contents 200th Jubilee Fall Events .................................................4 ........................................6 2012 Mary Rhodes Award Winners .................................7 Golf Tournament Helps Fund Retired Sisters ..................8 New Historical Exhibit Showcases Loretto ....................10 Remembrances ..............................................................12 Memorials & Tributes of Honor ......................................14

On the Cover: Photo by Donna Mattingly SL. High bas relief panel on the huge bronze doors of St. Francis Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe, N.M. The panel — one among 20 — depicts in 1852. Drawn from that tiny Loretto teaching community, a handful of nuns at the request of Bishop Machebeuf to help teach the children in the new territory. In three months’ time St.

Loretto Community members teach, nurse, care for the elderly, lobby, minister in hospitals, provide spiritual direction and counseling, resettle refugees, staff parishes, try to stop this country’s nuclear weapons build-up, work with the rural poor, and minister to handicapped, alcoholic, and mentally ill adults. Our ministries are diverse.

Loretto Magazine is published three times a year by the Loretto Development Director: Denise Ann Clifford SL Associate Development Director: Donna Mattingly SL Special Development Projects: Lydia Peña SL Communications Director: Jean M. Schildz Editing, Layout, and Production: Carolyn Dunbar Financial Assistant: Chris Molina Advisory Panel: Martha Alderson CoL Denise Ann Clifford SL Regina Drey SL PJ Manion SL Jean M. Schildz

4000 So. Wadsworth Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80123-1308

590 E. Lockwood Ave. Webster Groves, MO 63119

2012 — IT’S BEEN A VERY GOOD YEAR . . . .

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s we approach the closing months of this calendar year, we also bring to a close this special Loretto Jubilee Year. And what a year it has been!

Through the pages of Loretto Magazine, we have shared Loretto events, activities, memories, and celebrations that mark this bicentennial year of our founding.

The current issue captures the events that have taken place since our Loretto months.

Although these have been busy months for our Jubilee planners and committee members as well as the entire Loretto Community, we are most grateful for the opportunities we have had to gather with wonderful Loretto friends, to create fond memories, and to celebrate what has been, what is, and what is yet to be! We do not with us and guide us as we face the challenges that lie ahead.

Loretto’s new century will mark a transition to new leadership. Sister Pearl with our Executive Committee: Sisters Vicki Schwartz, Vice-President, Mary Beth Boesen, Maureen Fiedler, Maureen O’Connell, Marlene Spero; and our Forum Members: Karen Cassidy, Susan Classen, Brian Hammond, Lillian Moskeland, and Mary Helen Sandoval, who are all Loretto co-members. We congratulate and bless our new leadership, pledging our support and prayers for the days and years ahead.

For the time being, we will enjoy the remainder of our Jubilee Year and celebrate We are especially grateful for the wonderful friendships we enjoy with you, our family members, friends, associates, and benefactors. You give us hope and courage

special moments and memories with those you love and cherish. As we celebrate, the Loretto Community will remember you, our special friends who have shared yourselves and your gifts with us. You are a cherished treasure. Happy Thanksgiving,

Denise Ann Clifford SL Development Director

. . . . IT’S BEEN A JUBILEE YEAR!!

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A packed slate of activities unfolds across the country

Aug. 26: Loretto Jubilee Mass, St. Augustine Church, Lebanon, Ky., The event highlighted the history of the Sisters of Loretto in Marion County since 1812.

Sept. 4-7: “Nuns on the Bus,” visited Loretto historic sites throughout Missouri.

Sept. 14: Loretto Jubilee Homecoming Weekend opening reception, El Convento, El Paso, Texas.

Sept. 15: Loretto Jubilee Liturgy, St. Pius V Church, St. Louis, honored Loretto’s 200th anniversary and legacy of service in Missouri.

Sept. 15: Loretto Jubilee Mass, St. Anselm Church, San Anselmo, Calif., commemorated Loretto’s history there in the 1920s.

Pope Saint Pius V Church, St. Louis.

Sept. 15: Loretto Community in Washington, D.C., celebrated the Jubilee and the “Seven Sorrows of Mary” with prayerful witness at “sorrowful” sites of injustice in the capital city.

St. Augustine Church, Lebanon Ky.

Sept. 16: Opening reception, Loretto 200th Jubilee Exhibit, Western History Art Gallery, Denver Central Library. Exhibit runs through Dec. 31. See related story, page 10.

Sept. 16: Jubilee on the Border Mass and Luncheon, Academy’s Homecoming Weekend, El Paso Country Club, El Paso, Texas.

St. Francis of Assisi Church in Kentucky‘s Marion County.

Sept. 22: Loretto Gathering, Louisville, Ky., began with a program at the former site of Loretto High School, followed by a Eucharistic Liturgy at Christ the King Church.

Sept. 23: Loretto Jubilee Mass, St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Francis, Ky., Marion County.

Sept. 26: Loretto Community marked the 200th anniversary of its founding and the 160th anniversary of the congregation’s arrival in Santa Fe, N.M., with a Special Liturgy of Thanksgiving at St. Francis Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe, following by a book signing of “A Century of Change 1912-2012,” authored by Patricia Jean Manion SL and 18 other Loretto Community members. A prayer service and talk were given that evening for Santa Fe Loretto Academy former students by Elaine Prevallet SL, Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe. St. Francis Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe, N.M.

notes and news Sept. 29: Loretto Jubilee Mass, St. Patrick Church, Kankakee, Ill. Kankakee native Janet Rabideau SL, presented the history of Loretto in Northern Illinois.

Oct. 13: Jubilee Gala, Hyatt Regency, diploma in the territory to Jessie Forshee, who later became a Sister of Loretto.

Oct. 14-25: Loretto 200th Jubilee Celebration Trip to Italy. Helen Santamaria SL of El Paso and a group of Loretto women journeyed together on a fun and insightful trip to Italy.

St. Patrick Church, Kankakee, Ill. Oct 19-20: Joint 200th Anniversary Celebration of Loretto and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth were also founded in 1812 in nearby Nazareth, Ky. Two concerts by “Earth Mama” were staged as a part of the celebration, one in St. Catharine and the other in Louisville.

Oct. 21: “Denver in 1864” presentation by award-winning novelist Margaret Coel, Western History Museum, Denver Central Library.

Oct. 27: “Healing of Memories: The Journey of Individuals, Families, Communities and Nations,” a conversation with Anglican priest Rev. Michael Lapsley, Western History Art Gallery, Denver Central Library.

Nov. 4: “Sisters of Loretto in Kentucky, Santa Fe, Colorado and Wyoming,” a discussion with Colorado Historian Tom Noel and Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher, Western History Art Gallery, Denver Central Library.

Nov. 9: Second presentation of St. Louis Jubilee Awards, Webster University, St. Louis.

Nov. 18: “Global Loretto,” a discussion with Cathy Mueller SL, president of the Loretto Community, Western History Art Gallery, Denver Central Library.

Nov. 22: Loretto Academy to march in Sun Bowl Parade, El Paso, Texas.

Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas.

Dec. 8: Third presentation of St. Louis Jubilee Awards, Webster University, St. Louis.

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begin their service on Jan. 1, 2013

Photos by Donna Mattingly SL

Seated left to right: Karen Cassidy CoL (Forum), Susan Classen CoL Buffy Boesen SL (Exec. Cmte.). Standing left to right: Maureen O’Connell SL (Exec. Cmte.), Lillian Moskeland CoL (Forum), Vicki Schwartz SL (Vice (Forum), Maureen Fiedler SL (Exec. Cmte.).

president is elected for a six-year term; all other Standing left to right: O’Connell, Boesen, Fiedler. Seated left to right:

Incoming and outgoing Loretto presidents.

President-Elect Pearl with President Cathy Mueller SL.

in the shade on a sweltering July day on the Loretto Center grounds, St. Louis. From left: Presidents Cathy Mueller (2007-2012), Marian Not attending:

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achievements in justice and peace

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The award: Initiated through the Loretto

granted three outstanding women the distinguished Mary Rhodes Award for their successful work for justice and

Rhodes Award recognizes women outside the Loretto Community who have made of justice and equality, particularly for women. According to the “History of the Mary Rhodes Award,” these women are an eminent group, diverse in their racial/ethnic backgrounds, age, religious traditions, and occupations.

the Loretto Jubilee Year Assembly in St. Louis. Those accepting awards were: Elizabeth Johnson CSJ, Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and former president of the American Theological Society. She is the author of several books in which she explores the living faith of the church in communities within various cultures and context.

Maureen Hermann, President of Marian Middle School, St. Louis, a middle school serving economically disadvantaged girls. including Missouri Special Olympics,

Mary Rhodes Awards recipients July 20 at Nerinx Hall High School, St. Louis. From left: Colleen Mary Mallon OP accepting on behalf of theologian Elizabeth Johnson CSJ; Maureen Hermann; and Abbe

Abbe Sudvarg, M.D., Board Chair of the Peace Economy Project and a family practice physician in St. Louis who provides healthcare to the underinsured. A strong proponent of universal healthcare and reproductive rights for women, Dr. Sudvarg visits patients at home and pays for medication personally, if necessary.

Meet the Challenge!

YOU can help us $200K

D O U B L E the muscle power

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of a generous

Challenge Grant

Among those honored have been legislators, educators, community organizers, authors, social workers, artists, musicians, healthcare providers, ordained ministers, and poets.

The legacy: The award is named in honor of the pioneer founder of the Sisters of Loretto, Mary Rhodes, who was a strong woman, active woman, and unafraid to take risks. She was also a woman who could size up a situation, identify a problem, and do something to solve it. It is for that spirit that the Loretto Women’s Rhodes.

Loretto has received a Jubilee Challenge Grant of $100,000 to Retirement Fund.

This matching grant can grow to $200,000 if we raise $100,000 in matching funds by Dec. 15, 2012.

A gift of any amount is greatly appreciated — and EVERY GIFT will put us closer to meeting the challenge! Won’t you please use the donation envelope provided in this issue to help us meet our goal by mid-December?

2012 Loretto Golf Tournament Fundraiser welcomed golfers . . . and wildlife

One of the main prize drawing winners was Catherine Villa, Loretto’s tournament, pictured with her uncle Mike Powell. C

From left: Alicia Ramirez SL, C. C. Pizzoferrato, and Mary Ellen McElroy Littleton, Colo.

a new golfer to Catherine was both At right: A pair of young white tail deer also prefer the white tees for prime grazing position.

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tournament, which continues to enjoy a loyal following every summer.

Background and wildlife photos by Donna Mattingly SL.

draws eager crowd at Denver Central Library ‘Making a Difference in Colorado since 1864’

By Carolyn Dunbar

Photos by Donna Mattingly SL and Carolyn Dunbar

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dignitaries, many people who attended or now attend and staff Loretto schools in the area, Loretto sisters and comembers, other area women religious, priests and men religious, and friends of Loretto. The crowd arrived early that Sunday

Loretto’s Jubilee Exhibit is on display at Photo by Donna Mattingly SL.

over the displays and chatting together as though it were “Old Home Week.”

“The reception and exhibit are a gift to the people of Colorado Lydia Peña SL began two years ago when Peña and Denise Ann Clifford SL, chair of the Colorado Jubilee Committee, met with Jim Kroll, manager of the Denver Public Library’s Western History Art a photographic history of Loretto in Colorado. Thus began the long work of gathering information and wonderful photographs, pulled together by Peña, the Jubilee Committee, many Loretto Community members, and talented designer Violet Carlon.

At the opening reception Loretto President Cathy Mueller and Peña acknowledged the dozens of contributors, writers, researchers, editors — from both outside and within the Loretto Community — who were vital to developing and bringing the exhibit to fruition. Five separate areas are highlighted, including Kentucky and Santa Fe, The Schools, Peace and Justice, Global Loretto, and Ordinary Women with Extraordinary Lives. setting for three public presentations —

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Exhibit Curator Lydia Peña SL (right) introduces Exhibit Designer Violet Carlon at a presentation of acknowledgements during the

Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL poses proudly by the Women’s Bean Project display.

Loretto Milestones

Loretto Co-member Jossy Eyre, who started the Women’s Bean Project to help impoverished women, carefully inspects one of the displays.

Marie Joann Rekart SL (right) taught Cathy Hupp CoL at St. Mary’s Academy, Littleton, Colo.

Visitors enjoy the exhibit.

Alicia Ramirez SL (left) and Mary Nelle Gage SL near display of Rosemary Wilcox SL, principal of Machebeuf High School. Sister Rosemary died Sept. 18.

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to study and teach in England, returning two years later to teach at Presentation Academy in Louisville, Ky.,

Sister Madeline was born Margaret Madeleine Collins in Edina, Mo., to John and Agnes Collins. She was taught Margaret Madeleine entered the Loretto novitiate. The following April, she received the religious habit and white

Catholic schools in St. Louis. She went on to teach in public and parish elementary schools in California,

Henrietta Higdon was born the third of seven children to Estil and Henrietta Higdon in St. Lawrence, Ky. She was educated in Kentucky at St. Lawrence School, St. Rose School, St. Joseph Academy where she earned her high

and then to Loretto Public School in Loretto, Ky. In the meantime she pursued her college education at Webster to Kentucky, teaching at St. Augustine’s and St. Stephen Cathedral School, Owensboro, and at St. Ferdinand

in Denver. She also taught at Blessed Sacrament School in Denver and earned her A.B. degree at Loretto Heights that time she chose to moved near to her parents in St. Louis, where she remained teaching in inner city schools

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a second career in the Montessori Program at Seton Center and at the Catholic Charities Department of Social Ministries in Kansas City. She was also a religious instructor at Our Lady of Sorrows church for several years.

Prudy Moffett once described herself as having three careers: a minister’s wife, social worker, and writer. Her with older people, saying, “That’s what rings my bell!” Her daughter Mary Margaret died during that time, a loss

communications director and as a Washington correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter to become a Loretto co-member. At the time she wrote, “Close contacts with Mary Luke Tobin, Jane Marie Richardson, Mary Fran Lottes, Mary Peter Bruce, Diane Fassel, and many others have enriched not only me but our

Rosemary Wilcox was born, raised, and educated in St. Louis, the second oldest of four children of Charles and priest; and brother Bill, married and fathered a large family. Rosemary attended Loretto Academy and St. Alphonsus High School. After graduation she worked as a stenographer and secretary in St. Louis, entering James in Highwood Ill., and Blessed Sacrament in Denver. She then served as principal of Bishop Machebeuf

Readers are encouraged to see detailed remembrances at www.lorettocommunity.org.

gifts

Memorials and Tributes of Honor Throughout this list of Memorials and Tributes, an asterisk ( * that person as a Loretto co-member.

In Memory of: Requested by: Throughout these lists of donors:

Lillian Alderson Martha Alderson* Carol Corrigan* Elizabeth Ann Compton SL Elizabeth Connor* Jeanne & Robert Franklin Jeannine Gramick SL Gabriel Mary Hoare SL Gay* & Jim* Lenox Barbara Light* The Loretto Community Marian McAvoy SL Maureen McCormack SL Barbara Mecker* & Brian Hammond* Lillian* & John* Moskeland Helen K. Reid* Anne C. Spillane* Annelles Wagenhenecht Nancy Wittwer SL Kay & Bernie Ambre Mary & Joseph Highland Imogene Anspach* Margaret G. Chambers Patricia C. Calixto* Emilita (Bunny) Barker Alma Schuler* Martha Elizabeth Block Bickel Mary Bickel Mary Louise Kaltenbach Block Mary Bickel Mary Boland* Rev. Sally Brown Inga Paulina Torgersen Borgstrom Mary Bickel Florence Bowdoin Barbara Rancour Mary Rhodes Buckler SL Martha Alderson* Virginia E. Bennett Ruth & Philip Buckler Margaret & Donald Danborn

Rosemary Grawer SL The Loretto Community Karen Jarboe & Nanci Moore Mary Louise Murphy* Mary Palumbo Shannon, Sara & Paige Tyree Mr. & Mrs. Darnell Waters Ancilla Marie Burke SL David Scherer Alice Lida Cochran* Thomas R. Cromwell Jean Carmel Cavanaugh SL Mary & Terrence Murphy Joe Cole* Martha Alderson* Madeline Collins SL The Loretto Community Michaela Collins SL Therese Stawowy* Andrew Denning The Loretto Community Ruth & Ralph Dermody The Loretto Community Marian Disch SL Barbara & Richard Cross Leona Rapier Edelen, Aunt Tate Rapier Spalding, Aunt Nancy (Nanny) Rapier Stiles, & Robert Leona Edelen SL Virginia E. Bennett Anabel Madsen Fraass Frank Fraass Jody Ritter Gates George Gates Esther Marie Goodrow SL Mary & Terrence Murphy Margaret Grant* Greg & Rebecca Hastings Brian Hastings Mark Hastings Alvera (Catherine Albert) Grawer SL

† indicates deceased; *

indicates Loretto Co-member

Rosemary Grawer SL Marie Noël Hebert SL James C. Hebert Therese Stawowy* Catherine Hencmann Adele & Bill DeLine David Murray Rose Henry Higdon SL Thomas Freeman Mary R. & Charles George Marietha & Victor Higdon Maureen & Gary Kingry The Loretto Community Catherine M. Whitehouse Clare & Earl Highland Mary & Joseph Highland Inga Marie Block Hoenny Mary Bickel Ann Johnson SL, who taught our two oldest sons in grade school Bernice & John Witten Ann Johnson SL Elizabeth & John Neville The Loretto Community John L. “Jack” Jones Helen A. Jones Kim Jacobs Kelly Mary Louise Murphy* The Loretto Community John “Jack” F. Knapp, Jr. Betty L. Knapp Cora L. Kreachbaum Mary Sue Anderson Abby Marie Lanners Patricia & Larry Lanners Mr. & Mrs. Maurice LaPierre Maurice LaPierre Joan Van Leeuwen SL Chris Beal Judy Berry Laura Fischer Sheila Hasenkamp Mary Leibman* Patty Brush*

Marilyn Koncen M. Paschalita Linehan SL Alice Linehan Albina Martowlos SL Nancy Luger Edwin Mary McBride SL Mary & Terrence Murphy Helen & Scotty McDonald Margie & Judy McDonald Mr. & Mrs. G. C. McEvoy Patricia McEvoy Kabler Mary McNellis SL Patty Brush* The Loretto Community Mr. & Mrs. William Saxbury Ellen Melgum Kathleen Tighe SL Prudence (Prudy) Moffett* The Loretto Community Coaina Mudd SL Katherine Carley Vron Murphy* Dee Ferrell Fr. Charles Nerinckx St. Paul Catholic Church, Lois Elliott O’Connor James O’Connor Kathleen O’Malley SL Betty Standiford Roberta Obal The Loretto Community Elizabeth Smreker Owens Marilyn Koncen James Owens Martha Parsons Mary Louise Murphy* Fermin Peña Fannie Fiddmont Dolores & James Hoffman The Loretto Community Vicki Quatmann SL Toni Walters Philomena Quiah CSC The Loretto Community

gifts Alice Buckley Reichwein Lois Buckley Ed Remedios Carolyn Jamarillo The Loretto Community Jack Richardson The Loretto Community John Michael Ritchie SL Therese Stawowy* Ann Lucille Ryan SL Joan & Paul Sheffer Richard E. Salsbury Estela Salsbury Dick Standiford Betty Standiford Franciscan Friars Holy Name Province Charles K. Stough Nancy Hillhouse & Carol Stough

In Honor of: Requested by: Jim & Bev Carrigan Pat McCormick SL Denise Ann Clifford SL Priscilla & Michael O’Leary Lee Connolly SL Susan Murray & Michael Tevlin Pat Dressler*, for healing The Loretto Community Benedicta Feeney SL Mary Jane & Tom Clabots JoAnn Gates* Marcella & Tom Allison Sandy Baker Linda Pickerill Nancy Purdy Jean Schweickardt Glenna Smith Carla Warren Ann Francis Gleason SL Martha Joan Bennett Eleanor Warzoha Dr. Clark Havens, for his 80th birthday Mary Louise Murphy* Joseph Highland Mary Highland Leadership Conference of Women Religious Lois Buckley

Susan Swain SL Martha Alderson* Anonymous Patty Brush* Mr. & Mrs. William Carr Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Rebecca A. Coakley* Anne & Thomas Coerver Sallie Dalton & Barbara Schroeder Adele & Bill DeLine Raymond Ensman* Mary Hargadon Carolyn & David Holder Kathleen & Pat Jordan Joellen & Anthony McDonald Elizabeth Pope Mary Helen Sandoval* Celia Schefe

St. Mary’s Academy Therese Stawowy* Marjorie Hanson Sweeney Patricia & John Brock Ann Virginia Tighe SL, Carolyn Mary Tighe SL, & Lucina Tighe SL Phyllis & Charles Tighe Beverly A. Troudt Michele & Dan Clem Dorothy Vidulich CSJP* The Loretto Community Bernice Voss Marianne Burnes Joseph C. Wagner Marcia & Joop Kaldenhoven Leo & Marcella Walter Loretta Walter Seltzer Jacqueline Grennan Wexler* Jan Turala

Sisters of Loretto, for their 200th Jubilee Denver Ignatian Spirituality Project Team Jan Turala Sisters of Loretto Lois Buckley Sisters of Loretto, all who taught me Verlene Rogalin The Loretto Community Dee Ferrell Mary Frances Lottes SL, for her 90th birthday Art & Mary Lottes Katherine D. Lottes Margie & Judy McDonald My sisters & nieces who had the opportunity to receive a higher degree McAvoy Family Rev. Bernard Meyer Priscilla & Michael O’Leary Mary Louise Murphy*, for her birthday Mary Louise Tidwell Dorothy Ortner*, for her Co-member commitment Mary Kay Brannan SL Lydia Peña SL Pearle Rae & Mark Levey Lisa & Bill Snider

Elizabeth Perez*, 2012 Silver Jubilarian Eileen Kersgieter SL Elaine Prevallet SL Eleanor Warzoha Larry Purcell*, for his Co-member commitment Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa Kinealy* Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL Peggy & Dennis Rabbitt Alma Schuler*, 2012 Silver Jubilarian Martha Alderson* Mary Swain SL Marcella & Tom Allison Alice Eugene Tighe SL & Kathleen Tighe SL Phyllis & Charles Tighe Mary Kay Brannan SL Rick Witzel, Sr. Colette & Terry Purcell Corrections from Loretto Magazine Summer 2012: Dr. Thomas Passo’s 2011 gift to the Loretto Motherhouse was given in honor of Margaret

2012 Golden Jubilarians Sandra Ardoyno SL Martha Alderson* Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Donna Day SL Martha Alderson* Cabrini Bartolo SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Sharon Kassing SL Martha Alderson* Cabrini Bartolo SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Nina Bryans Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Doris Pittman Kathleen Schott Carol Ann Ptacek SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Doris Pittman Helen Santamaria SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Mary Louise Vandover SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Theresa L. Coyle SL Eileen Kersgieter SL Leticia Lopez* Ann & Andrew Ruhlin

Fitzgerald SL, and not in her memory. She is 98 years old and enjoying life at the Motherhouse.

A gift to the Hunger Fund was given in honor of the Loretto members who participated in St. Mary’s Academy classes and events during the 20112012 academic year.

By St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, Colo.

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Waiting

Waiting for the snow.

The clouds hang low

Filled to the bursting point.

Earth sighs with anxiety; We join our longing with it.

They tell us it might be a big one But no one knows for sure, Tiny snowdrops fall aimlessly And we still wait.

— Anita Marie Robertson SL