Loretto Magazine Winter 2016-2017

Loretto M A G A Z I N E Winter 2016-2017

Volume 58, No. 3

Loretto members...

embracing the spirit of giving and service at Christmas and year round

LORETTO COMMUNITY

Contents

Sisters of Loretto • Co-members of Loretto

Notes & News ...............................................................................4 Tax Advantages of Planning Giving .............................................8 Advent: A Season of Deep Meaning........................................... 10 Haiti Recovers from Hurricane Matthew .................................... 14 Remembrances...........................................................................20 Memorials & Tributes of Honor — June - Sept 2016 .................. 21

All El Paso photos taken by Loretto Communications Director Jean M. Schildz.

Barbara Roche SL works with a small group of students at Marian Middle School, St. Louis Photo courtesy of Sr. Barbara.

Loretto Academy President Buffy Boesen SL, El Paso, enjoys visiting with her young students.

Helen Santamaria SL greets a mother and child in the old section of Nazareth Living Center, El Paso, where refugees stay on their way to unite with their families in America.

Elisa Rodriguez SL greets and blesses a resident of Nazareth Living Care Center, El Paso.

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

The Loretto Community, founded in 1812 as the Sisters of Loretto, is a congregation of Catholic vowed Sisters and both lay and religious Co-members. Loretto Co-members are those who, by mutual commitment, belong to the 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 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

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

Mary Margaret Murphy SL hugs Margarita, a resident at Villa Maria, El Paso, Texas. It’s a Loretto-operated residence for homeless women transitioning from crisis to self-sufficiency while living in a safe, supportive home.

Jane German CoL, Loretto Academy Elementary School Principal in El Paso, plays with her students on the tire swing.

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

Loretto Magazine is published three times a year by the Loretto Development Office: Development Director: Denise Ann Clifford SL Communications Director: Jean M. Schildz Data Systems Mgr./Event Coordinator: Kelly Marie Darby Editing, Layout and Production: Carolyn Dunbar Accountant/Administrative Assistant: Brenda Blankenship Special Development Projects: Lydia Peña SL

Advisory Panel: Denise Ann Clifford SL Carolyn Dunbar Jean M. Schildz Vicki Schwartz SL Mary Swain SL Editorial Office: Loretto Central Office 4000 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80123-1308 303-783-0450, ext. 1718

Back Cover: Photo

by Nicole Martinez

Circulation Office: Loretto Staff Office 590 E. Lockwood Ave. Webster Groves, MO 63119 314-962-8112

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ith a heart full of Advent Anticipation,

I write this winter message to all our Loretto Friends. The season of Advent challenges us to prepare our hearts, homes, family, communities and yes, our world, for the celebration of Christmas! It is truly “the most wonderful time of the year”!

The Scripture readings for this Advent cycle appoint Isaiah, Paul, James and Matthew as our guides on this Advent journey. Prayerful, reflective reading of the scripture texts presents challenges and gives us hope.

Isaiah describes the “peaceable kingdom” of Emmanuel who will “judge with justice, not by appearance or hearsay”; where the “wolf shall be the guest of the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the kid; the cow and the bear will be neighbors, together their young shall rest. The baby shall play by the cobra’s den and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.” (Isaiah 11:3, 6-8) What a contrast to our lived reality! When will we know the peace of which Isaiah speaks in our families, our communities, our country, our world? How can we strive to build this peaceable kingdom?

Let us ask ourselves: How often do I jump to conclusions, judging others on my personal interpretation of events or hearsay? When was the last time I initiated the conversation to reconcile a situation with someone following a serious disagreement?

How long does it take me to apologize when I’ve been wrong or alienated a family member? Friend? Co-worker? Multiply by the number of similar situations we observe in our local, regional, national, international news reports every day. Remember the song, “Let there be peace on earth … and let it begin with me”? How willing am I to take the first step to reconcile and restore peace in my own life and relationships?

St. Paul reminds us that “each of us has been called to holiness,” and we have the responsibility to help each other “grow in holiness.” Growth takes time and patience — patience with ourselves and each other. St. James compares this process of becoming holy to the farmer who plants the seeds and then “patiently waits for the spring and late rains” to produce the fruits of the earth. (James 5:7-9) How difficult “patient waiting” is for us who live in a tech-savvy world of instant messaging, communication and gratification!

We cannot expect or demand instantaneous growth — not in our natural or spiritual maturation. We must be patient and cultivate the “seeds of holiness” in ourselves and each other. Growth happens in God’s time, not ours! During this Advent season, take time to slow down, to wait, to let the seeds of holiness take root and germinate. Read Scripture. Reflect. How am I growing in holiness? What do I need to/want to change within myself? What steps am I willing to take to make that happen? How ready am I/ do I want to be for the Lord’s coming?

Photo by Jean M. Schildz

Jesus has come. St. Mark traces Jesus’ genealogy at the beginning of his Gospel, and recounts the events surrounding His birth. Jesus is with us — He told us to look for Him in those around us — the poor, homeless, sick, orphaned, abused, refugees, prisoners, our war-weary sisters and brothers. Where will I find Jesus this Advent season? For whom will I be the presence of Jesus? What a priceless Christmas gift — to be “present” to and for each other!

Prayerful wishes for a Peace-filled Advent and Joyous Christmas Season to All! Denise Ann Clifford SL, Director of Development Winter 2016-2017 • 3

notes & news

‘Interfaith Voices’ takes first place in Religion News Association contest

By Maureen Fiedler SL

Host and Executive Producer of “Interfaith Voices” public radio program

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want to share the good news. On Sept.

24, “Interfaith Voices” won first place in the annual contest of the Religion News Association (RNA) … first place in the radio/podcast category. The RNA said that first place for excellence in radio or podcast religion reporting has gone to Ruth Morris, Jocelyn Frank, Jonathan Miller, Maureen Fiedler SL and Laura Kwerel of “Interfaith Voices.”

The award was specifically for our story on China, and Buddhism in China in particular. The story reported how the Chinese government is promoting Buddhism … the Chinese variety, not the Tibetan variety. Our Senior Producer Ruth Morris was living in China at the time of the story and made us aware of it; she did the broadcast work “on the ground.”

Morris begins her story about God and Government in China, “Life is hard for many of China’s religious minorities, where the government is arresting Tibetan Buddhist monks, ordering churches to take down their crosses, banning Muslim head scarves and sending members of Falun Gong to prison. Yet the officially atheist

government, which once destroyed temples and jailed religious leaders, is promoting — and sometimes even funding — a resurgence of Chinese Buddhism.”

“Interfaith Voices” is an independent public radio show fostering interfaith understanding by providing engaging conversation about religion, across many traditions and beliefs.

We explore how faith intersects with culture, public policy and the news of the day. As the nation’s only public radio show exclusively about religion, we are a vital source of knowledge about how religious belief shapes our world.

Three women from the “Interfaith Voices” public radio program pose with the first-place award they received from the Religion News Association for excellence in radio or podcast religion reporting. From left: Maureen Fiedler SL, Laura Kwerel, Ruth Morris.

To hear our award-winning podcast, listen to the broadcast, or access archived stories, visit interfaithradio.org.

EarthLinks celebrates 20th anniversary connecting disadvantaged Denverites with nature

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n 1996 Bette Ann Jaster OP and Cathy Mueller SL founded EarthLinks, a nonprofit organization in downtown Denver, to form connections (or links) among people and with Earth for their mutual benefit. Now EarthLinks is 20 years old and going strong.

According to EarthLinks organizers, homeless people are often isolated from others and alienated from the natural world, they can benefit from direct contact with nature in the company of others, according to EarthLinks organizers. Education of adults and school children were part of the early years of our programming. Outreach to the homeless started in a craft and gardening program taken to the day shelters for homeless adults in Denver.

From the beginning, Day Trips into Nature were offered to break the cycle of boredom and chaos in the lives of people experiencing homelessness, and as a means of beginning to form community among those on the street.

From left: Cathy Mueller SL and Betty Ann Jaster OP smile in the EarthLinks garden in Denver.

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EarthLinks sells a number of environmentally friendly products that help support the program. Visit www.earthlinks-colorado.org.

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St. Mary’s Academy Lower School honored as a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence

By Regina Drey SL

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n Sept. 28, the United States Department of Education announced that St. Mary’s Academy Lower School had earned the status of a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. St. Mary’s Academy is the only private school in Colorado to earn the honor this year.

U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., announced the 2016 honorees saying, “Your schools are on the cutting edge, pioneering innovative educational practices — professional learning communities, project-based learning, social and emotional learning, positive behavior systems — making you shining examples for your communities, your state and the nation.”

St. Mary’s Academy Lower School Principal Florence Swanson, Literacy Specialist Andrea Gilmore and Academy President Vicki Schwartz SL were in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 7 and 8. Events and festivities culminated in an awards luncheon where honorees received the

An aerial view of the beautiful St. Mary’s Academy campus in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

Photo by J. Birkey.

National Blue Ribbon School flag and an engraved plaque.

“I am extremely proud that the U.S. Department of Education recognized the excellent work of Mrs. Swanson and all the Lower School teachers that all of us in the SMA community experience on a daily basis,” said Vicki Schwartz SL, Academy President.

Selection as a Blue Ribbon School is based on a comprehensive report, written by the school. The report focuses on academic success, curriculum, leadership,

Co-member Karen Cassidy earns prestigious Bell Award

By Claudia Calzetta CoL

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ongratulations to Karen Cassidy CoL who received a prestigious Bell Award Oct. 21 for the establishment of Hildegarde House in Louisville, Ky., and for her tireless work advocating for the dying and homeless. Bell Awards are given annually, now in their 39th year,

by Louisville broadcast station WLKY. They honor and recognize volunteers in the community who make a difference in the lives of many others. Eleven Bell Awards and two Youth Service Honor Awards were presented at the Oct. 21 ceremony in Louisville’s Galt House.

Of the Loretto winner, WLKY said, “A former palliative nurse practitioner, Karen

school culture, professional development, family and community engagement, and documented success.

A total of 279 public and 50 private schools earned the 2016 Blue Ribbon. Five Colorado public schools joined St. Mary’s Academy as recipients. The 2016 honor is the third for St. Mary’s Academy Lower School, having previously earned Blue Ribbon status in 1991-1992 and 19981999. In addition, St. Mary’s Academy High School was a Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000.

Cassidy witnessed the tragedy of people dying who didn’t have a home or family.

She channeled her passion to establish Hildegard House, a home offering quality end-of-life care for persons who are homeless and alone. She serves as the volunteer executive director and oversees every aspect of its operation including fund raising, community outreach and recruiting volunteers. Hildegard House is Kentucky’s first and only comfort home serving this population.”

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Ambitious fundraising goal for Loretto Pakistan mission reached, exceeded

By Lydia Peña SL

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he Loretto Community thanks our donors for believing in us and the work we are doing in Pakistan. The Pakistan Endowment raised $88,000 over the goal of $1 million.

Photos courtesy of Sisters of Loretto, Pakistan Mission in Lahore

The Sisters of Loretto are helped onto a raised walkway to avoid the mud and sewage that flows in the streets where they are missioned.

This endowment — that you helped build — will continue taking donations, enhance our Sisters’ efforts in Pakistan, and provide them and those they serve with hope for a brighter future in a country that presently is dealing with many challenges. Many thanks.

Pakistan Committee ‘video tours’ new mission in Lahore On Oct. 6, with an outside temperature of 100 degrees at 7 p.m., Sisters Nasreen Daniel, Maria Daniel and Samina Iqbal cheerfully took the Loretto Pakistan Committee on a [video] tour of their rooms within the former John of God Sisters’ complex [empty at the time and made available to the Sisters of Loretto by Church authorities in Lahore]. Outside we saw tropical plants brought from Faisalabad [their former location]. The Muslim call to prayer beckoned via a loud speaker mounted to their building.

The neighbors have welcomed the Sisters, hoping they will begin teaching their children to read, work with the women in various ways, and install solar [technology] to bring a fan and a light to each of their homes.

Loretto’s three native Pakistini Sisters (dressed in white saris) share concerns and ideas with a woman from their new mission in Lahore, Pakistan.

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On Oct. 31, the Loretto Pakistani Sisters wrote to thank the Loretto Community for their prayers during a particularly difficult time in Pakistan. “Currently we are helping a pastor prepare for the celebration of the parish feast of St. Mark, to which 2,000 people are expected to come,” the Sisters wrote.

“We have written a street theater called, ‘The Resurrection Story.’

Since most in the area are illiterate, we work every day so that they will memorize the lines. For fun, we are beginning to teach glass painting; the women love making beautiful jars and vases.”

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Loretto Women’s Network Honors Sally Dunne CoL for her superb work in the United Nations

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he Loretto Women’s Network (LWN) coordinators wish to honor Loretto’s representative at the United Nations, Sally Dunne CoL, on this auspicious date, Oct. 24, which marks the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945.

The entire Loretto Community has benefitted from Sally’s untiring work, both for Loretto and in her capacity in the NGO office of Loretto at the U.N. In addition to the responsibilities to keep the entire Community informed, she has mentored her assigned volunteers, collaborated with other religious communities and hosted many Loretto high school students attending the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. She arranged lodging and passes to all the sessions in addition to private meetings with Melanne Vermeer at the State Department and Pablo Solon, the U.N. Ambassador from Bolivia.

These officials each shared their work with the LWN and with the students and teachers who attended.

We know that attending the CSW in New York has helped to keep the LWN flame alive. There are women all over the world who can identify with the LWN Identity Statement; who act both for the empowerment of women and for the reorganization of any relationship based on domination and subordination. Sally, words are insufficient, but know we are eternally grateful for the blessings you have so freely given. We hope we may carry your work forward in all we do.

2016 Golf Tournament and fundraiser for the Loretto Retirement Fund ends in success

By Kelly Marie Darby, Loretto Event Coordinator

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s an Event Coordinator sometimes I am asked, what makes a successful event? Is it the planning? The location? How many attend? Who attends? How much money was raised? I believe it is all of these things, plus the community involvement (friend-raising) and the “fun factor” that all add up to success.

The Loretto Golf Tournament started planning the 21st Annual Sister Aline Dalton SL Memorial Golf Tournament and Auction in the fall of 2015. Planning early allowed us to reserve our tournament at the breathtaking Arrowhead Golf Club in Littleton, Colo. This course has to be one of the most striking golf courses in Colorado with its unique rock formations that reach to the clear blue Colorado sky. You have to feel blessed there, and we were, not only because of the location, but because of our amazing volunteers, committee members, golfers and staff who came out to support the Sisters of Loretto Retirement Fund.

Please note: Sally Dunne recently has been named project director for a Hilton Foundationfunded U.N. initiative with a group known as RUN, or “Religious at the United Nations.” Dunne wrote in the August/ September 2016 edition of “Interchange,” the Loretto Community’s newsletter, “RUN is an informal group of sisters, brother, priests and others who represent their respective Catholic religious congregations at the United Nations…. Today, RUN members number about 60, representing more than 200 congregations with some 100,000 members serving in 177 countries. Through coalitions, federations, partnerships, etc., they are represented by 29 U.N.accredited NGOs (non-governmental organizations).

“The long-term hope for this process stems from a desire to strengthen the advocacy capacity of RUN and its congregations’ members on the ground to pursue a collaborative, strategic, highly impactful global-justice agenda,” wrote Dunne. The Hilton Foundation has funded a one-year planning project, naming Dunne as project director.

This year 115 golfers filled the course. Some have been loyal Loretto golfers for 21 years. For others, this was their first tournament. Everyone at the event, however, shared an appreciation for what the Sisters of Loretto have accomplished over the past 204 years, and it was exciting to watch all the fun interaction between golfers, staff, Sisters and volunteers.

This year we increased sponsorships from 54 in 2015 to 74 in 2016; increased in-kind donations for the auction; and also increased the net-profit from $24,000 in 2015 to more than $31,000 in 2016. I owe a great deal of this success to the hardworking and dedicated 2016 Loretto Golf Tournament Committee members: Steve Beaudoin, Denise Ann Clifford SL, Frances Coleman, Barbara Hennigar, Kam Martin, Mark Trail and Ken and Rita Werth. Special thanks go to to our community of sponsors, volunteers and golfers, because without them this tournament could not have taken place.

We look forward to seeing you again next year!

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The tax advantages of planned giving

By Denise Ann Clifford SL Loretto Development Director

“To give away money is an

easy matter and in anyone’s power, but to decide to

whom to give it, how much to give, when to give, and

to give for the right motive and in the right way, is

neither in everyone’s power nor an easy matter.

Hence,

it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy and noble.”

— Aristotle

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he ancient Greek philosopher was truly wise. For a person to make a gift for the “right” reason and do it in the “right way” is rare, at least if you’re considering the population in general. In the Loretto Development Office, however, my experience is that we commonly have many generous and thoughtful friends of Loretto who give of their time, talent and treasure to support the care of Loretto’s retired Sisters and the needs of the Community in so many creative ways.

One of those creative ways is perhaps the most forward-thinking way to give to Loretto. In our Fall 2016 edition of Loretto Magazine, we offered an article about the power of planned giving, or making a legacy gift. That means a donor may designate assets from his or her estate as a gift to Loretto after death. As Kim Klein CoL and I discussed in that piece, it’s a very direct way to ensure that what a donor valued in life will continue to receive support after that donor’s death. In other words, we have the ability to say how our wealth should be distributed as a legacy after our death. And those wishes must be carried out to the letter. That’s a powerful concept.

Dozens of ways are available to make a legacy gift. Loretto handles some of these, and they each have certain tax benefits.

For example: Gifts of Cash Cash is the most common method of making a charitable gift.

Giving cash can eliminate taxes up to 50 percent of a donor’s adjusted gross income. Any excess amounts that aren’t deductible in a given year can be carried over for savings in up to five future tax years. Federal and state income tax also can be reduced with a cash gift to a charitable organization.

Gifts of Securities Over the years, the Loretto Development Office has received many gifts of stocks, mutual funds and other types of securities.

From a donor’s perspective, if securities have increased in value since they were purchased, they can be used as a charitable gift resulting in additional tax savings with little or no reduction in

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spendable income. When you give appreciated securities (those that have increased in value) that you have owned for longer than one year, you can deduct their full value, not just the amount you paid for them. By donating the securities to charity, you can avoid capital gains tax that would apply if you sold them.

A security may go the other direction and decrease in value over time. An option is to sell that security and make a charitable gift of the cash proceeds. In that case a donor may be able to take tax deductions for both the capital loss and the charitable gift, effectively deducting more than the current value of that security.

Bequests of Retirement Funds or Life Insurance Our article in the Fall Loretto Magazine focused quite a bit on these two planned-giving options. A recent change in federal law provides that a person older than 70.5 years can make tax-free gifts of up to $100,000 every year directly from retirement plan assets, such as a traditional or Roth IRA, to a qualified charitable recipient, such as the Sisters of Loretto.

Life insurance policies may be donated as a “beneficiary designation.” A life insurance policy no longer may be needed for its original purpose. A donor might expect to pay less in estate taxes, for example. Also his or her children are grown and making their own living, or loved ones named as beneficiaries may no longer need the protection for which the insurance was intended.

Many more types of planned giving are available, such as living trusts and charitable remainer trusts. The best way to find answers and assistance is to call me directly at the Loretto Development Department (303-783-0450, ext. 1724) or e-mail deniseann@ lorettocommunity.org.

“There are various ways to donate to Loretto.

Gifts or bequests made in a last will and testament is one way.

Another is a

tax-free charitable gift

IRA or Roth account. As of 2016, this from an

is now a permanent part of

U.S. tax legislation for charitable giving. If you are 70.5 years or older, you have to take the

a withdrawal from your

IRA, but now you can donate up to $100,000 to an organization of your choice every year without paying income tax on that withdrawal.”

— Denise Ann Clifford SL

Note: This article is not intended as financial advice. Please consult your own adviser about what best suits your situation.

Source: The Sharpe Group, RFSCO, Inc., Memphis, Tenn.

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St. Matthew 1: 18-25 The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,

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Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from

their sins. Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

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Behold, the Virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name

Immanuel, which translated means, ‘God with us.’

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the

Angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a Virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name JESUS.”

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Those bleak Advent days began to take root, opening my heart to a season rich in meaning

By Sharon Kassing SL

Photos by Nicole Martinez

ike most young children, I didn’t see Advent as any more than a run-up to Christmas. We tried to be extra good, of course, but our motives weren’t all that praiseworthy. Even though my mother faithfully gathered us around the Advent wreath on the dining room table each night to sing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” the significance of it was lost on me. The fact that we did it only for a short time once a year made it feel detached somehow. I do remember that evenings were long and seemed extra dark.

It wasn’t until I was an ardent middle school choir girl, taken with the sights and sounds of Midnight Mass, that the notion of Advent having an actual purpose and a real climax dawned on me. The fact that the whole parish community came together in the middle of a very cold, often snowy night, to welcome the Christ Child yet again wasn’t wasted on me either. I can still picture the flickering candles in the darkened church, the smell of pine boughs around the manger, and all the families I knew huddled together for warmth and available space. It was probably my first real experience of a liturgical community, but I would only know that in hindsight.

As a novice in Kentucky I experienced my first “rural” winter — none of the hustle and bustle of foot and vehicular traffic, no glowing neighborhood Christmas lights, no Salvation Army bell ringers at the grocery store, (in fact, no grocery store!).

I discovered a new kind of cold, a cold that penetrated to the bone in spite of the clanking efforts of radiators to deliver that tantalizing hint of warmth. To me, Advent in Kentucky seemed like an endless succession of bitter cold days in a drafty old building surrounded by naked trees black against the dreary grey sky. Don’t get me wrong — this was not a bad thing. I learned to love trees black against the dreary grey sky! Accustomed by then to saying the hours of the Office, I found that Vespers in the dying daylight captured my mood and aligned it with nature.

The wistful seasonal chants and songs carried a longing I’d only just lately taken deeply to heart. I didn’t realize it at the time, but Advent was taking root in me, nurtured in its own way by each of these seemingly disconnected experiences. continued on page 8

Photo by Sharon Kassing SL

According to the Roman Calendar, “Advent has a twofold character: as a season to prepare for Christmas when Christ’s first coming to us is remembered; as a season when that remembrance directs the mind and heart to await Christ’s second coming at the end of time.”(Calendarium romanum, 1969, n. 39) Even though Advent is short, it has a rhythm ... a rhythm that reflects this twofold character.

The early weeks are filled with Old Testament prophesies and reminders of God’s faithfulness, while the later weeks tell us about John the Baptist, Mary’s visit to Elizabeth and other events leading to Christmas. The Sunday responsorial psalms this year capture the abiding message of the season: “Let us go rejoicing to the House of our God!” (week 1) “God, when your glory appears, my joy will be full!” (week 2) “God is indeed my Savior, I am confident and unafraid!” (week 3) “Shepherd of Israel, rouse your power, and come to save us! (week 4) In the early ’90s, like many members of the Community, I was awakened and influenced by Sister Rose Alma Schuler’s modern interpretation of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Mother. In her summary paragraph she wrote, “How often do we reflect that in her lifetime Mary, as a woman and mother, experienced all the trauma and the suffering peculiar to women of all cultures and all periods of history?” It was no stretch for me to apply these ideas to my thinking, especially during Advent — Mary and Joseph traveling to a strange place to register for the census, finding only a smelly stable as a birthplace for Jesus, and then having to flee and hide out in a place where they’d never been before because the angel warned them to do so.

This was the spirit Sister Ann Pat Ware captured in her new words put to the Vespers evening song that we celebrated during the early 2000s in St. Louis and at Loretto.

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Evening Song for Advent Vespers

Text: Ann Pat Ware SL Tune: Jesu Dulcis Memoria

The light of day now fading fast Reminds how quickly time is passed And how we need to make each day A treasure, not a throwaway.

Our loving God, we are aware, Has put us in each other’s care.

We cannot let a day go by Without allaying someone’s cry.

The poor, the child, those deep in grief— We need to bring them some relief: We need to show God’s loving face In ours, to be a means of grace.

For You, O Wisdom, have decreed That we should shelter, love and feed Your very self in those we see— O holy unknown Mystery!

So, Advent has many facets for me. There’s sound and scent, song and silence, ritual and tradition. Nature offers a baseline for our experience, assuring us the blessing of spring. Though joyful and expectant, Advent can also be a thoughtful time, a time to identify with young families, first-time mothers, refugees, and people everywhere who are separated from their families and loved ones. I find that’s where my thoughts go, not morosely, but with faith and expectation of God’s goodness.

Soaring stained glass windows in Loretto Center Chapel, St. Louis

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Haiti suffers heartbreaking devastation in the wake of October’s Hurricane Matthew

Haitian flag.

Map of the Carribean Sea and its islands. By Kmusser (Own work, all data from Vector Map.) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

Editor’s Note: Haiti cannot get a break. Still recovering from a massive earthquake six years ago, hundreds of thousands of citizens are homeless, living in tents, and much vital infrastructure still lays in ruins. The latest natural disaster, Hurricane Matthew, struck the country Oct. 3 and 4, again laying waste to many sections of one of the world’s poorest nations. The tolls of dead and homeless have risen again.

10,714 square miles — just slightly larger than Vermont — and holds a burgeoning human population of more than 10 million.

This is the latest in a historic top-line list of 35 such events to hit Haiti since 1564 when the people began recording natural land and weather disruptions.

The island is also anchored to the Carribean Plate, one of the many tectonic plates that form the earth’s crust. It is fixed along a boundary shared with the North American Plate, which constantly moves to the west, while the Carribean Plate does not. This deep-earth friction creates pressure, which every so often releases in the form of a major earthquake.

The country sits on the western half of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago (a chain of many islands) along the northern part of the Carribean Basin. The Dominican Republic takes up the island’s eastern half. The tiny nation covers

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Haitians have the general misfortune of living in the middle of the Carribean and Atlantic hurricane zone and are subject to violent, destructive storms from June through the end of November ... every year.

Haiti cannot get a break. Yet, the people have faith.

Loretto Co-member Barbara Wander is helping to make a positive difference in Haiti, and so are those who have donated to Haiti relief through the Sisters of Loretto. Barbara lives in San Rafael, Calif., and travels to Haiti at least twice a year. In between visits she enlists local, national and international agencies for fundraising, in-kind donations and other contributions toward aiding children in need.

Wander’s work is not an official mission of the Loretto Community. It is work she has chosen to do for decades. She works directly with the Petite Soeurs de Sainte Thérèse (Little Sisters of Saint Therese), an indigenous Haitian Catholic order of nuns founded in 1948.

The Little Sisters’ Motherhouse and main mission are set in Rivière Froide, in a mountainous area close to the capital city, Port-au-Prince. The Little Sisters work with Haitian and foreign agencies and volunteers to deliver health care,

education and agricultural services to the country’s poorest people. The Little Sisters have 42 missions throughout Haiti covering small towns in almost every Haitian province.

Although their reach is broad, their resources are small.

Wander keeps the Loretto Community informed through sharing detailed “journal” reports, as she calls them.

Through these updates, Loretto has a singular window into recent major events that increase the suffering of the Haitian people.

The good news? Donations from Loretto Magazine readers and many others have made possible tangible, positive improvements in the people’s day-to-day struggles. Through excerpts from her journals in May and September, Barbara tells the story in her own words. First, the recent hurricane; second, the months before that event when many children were helped by your gifts. They’re all right post-hurricane.

Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

By Barbara Wander CoL

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ore than 1,300 Haitians have died in Hurricane Matthew’s sweep over the country Oct. 3-4. Some died from landsides, others by drowning, being hit by flying debris or being washed out to sea.

Many more are dying in the aftermath all over the country. With no sanitation system in place, cholera is rampant. Dengue fever and malaria, both mosquito-borne diseases, are spreading, and people are starving. More than one-third of the island has lost all of its trees and crops.

Ten of the Little Sisters’ 42 missions have been destroyed or seriously damaged — nine schools, two hospitals, three clinics, five professional centers for young women, 10 convents, a home for 100 elderly (four residents and five workers died there), onethird of Haiti’s gardens and fruit trees, eight houses for orphans and others living at the missions, 10 agriculture projects and much more.

Many Little Sisters’ missions are taking in the local poor who were living on the mountainsides. Their tiny houses washed away in high winds, flooding and mudslides.

Getting to these damaged missions is very difficult now. In some cases you have to take a boat out in the sea, and then another transport over land, and then walk through mud, as most roads are flooded, blocked by fallen trees or destroyed. Food, in short supply before the hurricane, is even more scarce now.

Communications are sketchy at best.

I want everyone to know that the Haitians are not giving up.

Unfortunately, they are used to dealing with disasters.

One of the Little Sisters’ convents sustained damage to the roof, windows and doors. A mudslide can be seen on the mountainside.

The Little Sisters are doing everything they can to help the poor with whom they work. They are living in the same conditions as the peasants, but they try to find ways to help. They also try to begin their educational programs again as soon as possible because they know how important this is. If the children are in school (even out of doors under tarps) they are learning. The children can take home valuable information about cholera and other information that might help their families survive.

We do look back to learn, but looking forward is the most important thing. The faith of the people really supports them.

These are not just words, but rather part of their daily existence.

I am so grateful to Loretto for all the help you have given. I am never alone when I am in Haiti — you are always with me.

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The Little Sisters’ clinic at Marfranc gone. Marfranc is on the northwestern end of Haiti’s lower peninsula. All photos for this article have been provided by Barbara Wander and by the Little Sisters of Saint Therese in Rivière Froide.

“The faith of the Haitian people really supports them.

These are not just words, but rather part of their daily existence.”

—Barbara Wander CoL

September 2016 Excerpts from Barbara Wander’s journal

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will begin my September journal with the most recent information about Hurricane Matthew I have been able to get from Haiti. This morning (Sept. 6) I was able to speak with Sr. Lops. She is at Rivière Froide, the site of the Little Sisters’ Motherhouse in the mountains southwest of Port-au-Prince.

Much of the mountainside is dotted with hundreds of small peasant houses.

The Motherhouse, school, infirmary, clinic handicapped orphanage and school survived the hurricane with their usual roof leaks. Unfortunately, many of the peasants’ huts did not. As far as they know, all of the families survived, but we will have to wait and see. Many of the people sought shelter in the handicapped orphanage. They barely had enough food for the children when I was there, so I’m not sure how they fed all of the people there now.

Ten of the Little Sisters’ 42 missions are in the southwestern part of Haiti, hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew. They have not been able to contact all of them, but we know that five have severe damage. Either the roofs are gone or they are flooded. Some of them might have to be completely rebuilt. These missions had schools (both elementary and secondary), clinics, hospitals, professional centers, orphans, gardens and pastoral centers.

Most of Haiti has some type of damage. The death toll is now more than 800, and I fear it will not stop there [at press time, the death toll had risen to more than 1,300]. One of the consequences of this hurricane is the destruction of gardens and fruit trees. Now that many of their gardens and fruit trees are destroyed, there will be more starvation.

Even when I was there in the few days before the hurricane, I saw more signs of malnutrition due to the devaluation of the Haitian dollar. As the value has decreased, the prices have increased and the peoples’ wages have remained the same.

Another fear is the spread of cholera. This disease was brought to Haiti shortly after the earthquake in 2010. Due to the lack of sanitation infrastructure, thousands of people have died of this disease ever since. With all of this water spreading, cholera will be even more rampant.

The Little Sisters said their immediate needs are: food, money for rebuilding, and help to reestablish their gardens and those of the local poor.

I definitely know the feeling of “this never stops,” but I have also absorbed a bit of the Haitian spirit and sense of hope and faith.

This is why I choose to work with the Little Sisters.

Home for a hundred elderly people severely damaged. Nine died here, both residents and staff.

Trees and gardens all over Haiti were destroyed

by Hurricane Matthew. With rural Haitians depending heavily on their gardens and fruit trees for food, hunger has spiked sharply.

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Two of the young men I’ve known for many years are very thin now. I know I should be teaching them to fish, but right now they need money for food so that they have the energy to learn.

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Wilner’s house was broken into, and even his shoes were stolen. He is raising his two children alone. You helped to buy strong new doors and window shutters.

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Five other families received some money to continue to make house repairs as a consequence of the earthquake.

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Student scholarships were given to 22 for the university, 13 for the professional school, 34 for the secondary school, and 91 for the elementary school.

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You bought one set of books at each level for the students at the handicapped orphanage to share.

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We continued to pay our wonderful technician who magically keeps the Internet working when electricity is available.

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Your donations helped to purchase food and pay for security.

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The Little Sisters are continuing to get the best education for their young Sisters.

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You bought candlewicks so that they can continue to make and sell candles.

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You paid for the children of many of the workers at the handicapped program to attend school because they do not get a salary.

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You bought a sack of chadek (grapefruit). This might seem strange to you, but here is the whole story. We gave a young man money for his little brother to attend school. The next day he returned to sell me the fruit. I asked why, and he told me that he enrolled his brother the day before but was told that he needed to wear shoes.

I bought the fruit, and his brother started school.

The school roof and several classrooms are gone, blown away by the savage hurricane winds.

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You paid for transportation for two handicapped children to go to the doctor.

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You bought a dress for a little girl to be baptized and receive her First Communion.

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You bought a little cell phone so that one of the elderly Sisters can talk with her brother who has had a stroke.

Neither of them can travel in a truck any more.

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On a lighter note, I was able to carry some of the little cars that were donated, and great fun was had by all!

We had races, the children carried rocks in them, used elastic to launch them and played with them right next to their homemade cars.

May 2016 Excerpts from Barbara Wander’s journal

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aybe I will call this journal entry “Miracles … Big and Small.” In May, traveling from my home in California to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on time, and with all of my belongings arriving intact qualifies as a miracle!

On this trip, I brought a new wheelchair for Lukson, a 19-yearold student and fifth grader in the afternoon school at Rivière Froide, Haiti. He had polio as a child and remarkably survived.

Because of the rough terrain on his route to school or church, he often needs a replacement for his wheelchair. The photo at left shows his joy with his new orange wheelchair, which replaced the old one next to it. Thanks to the generosity of Marin Medical Equipment Recyclers, San Rafael, Calif., Lukson has a new one.

I know some of you might use the word “miracle,” and some “luck,” “chance,” “good karma,” etc. Whatever the label, the miracle usually seems the result of hard work and the generosity of others that result in good happenings.

A casualty of childhood polio, Lukson is delighted with his new orange wheelchair.

Wesline, in red, studies a lesson prepared by her classmate Sona, in black, so Wesline could keep up while recovering from a fall.

I spent a lot of time with the children at the Little Sisters’ handicapped program and orphanage at their mission compound in Rivière Froide. Several of the children continue to attend the afternoon school there with the help of your scholarships.

Wesline is a girl who lives at the orphanage. She has joint problems and walks on her toes. She fell and was in too much pain to walk down the mountain to school. I bought schoolbooks for her. A classmate of hers from the orphanage, Sona, would share the information from class until it is time for their exams.

We arranged for a motorcycle to take her to school and back. I watched Sona teaching Wesline, and it was a beautiful thing to behold.

Vaval (not pictured) also lives there. He has a serious heart condition and must travel up north for doctor visits every two months. Your donations help pay for this all-day trek. While I was there, Vaval had such a visit and was returning when the “tap tap” he was riding in (really a pick-up truck with a tin roof and benches in back) rolled over several times on a steep mountain road. Almost everyone on the vehicle was killed. Vaval injured his hip but has returned to the orphanage. He knows that he will have to repeat this trip in two months. He is an excellent student.

Janroni is a student at the handicapped school. He has problems with his eyes. We have been sending him to Dr. Migret, an eye doctor in Haiti. I talked with the doctor by phone, and he said Janroni’s right eye can no longer see and is white and bulging. He said that something can be done to help Janroni with the pain he sometimes experiences. Dr. Migret told me that Janroni has opacity

of the cornea, and some doctors from the United States are soon coming on a mission to Haiti. They will do a corneal transplant.

Haitian law does not permit the harvesting of transplant material.

This is probably the result of their voodoo beliefs. The U.S. doctors will bring corneas with them.

I told Dr. Migret that I was sorry we could not pay him and the other doctors for their help, but that we would pray for them. He said that was enough, and he was grateful for the prayers.

We are continuing to try to work on the security wall around the Rivière Froide mission. We worked on this from the year 2000, finishing it in December 2009. Less than one month later, it all came down in the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. We’ve been attempting to rebuild it ever since. So it’s a bit like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. The work is never finished. I would estimate that 20 percent is now finished.

Some good news about our scholarship students at Rivière Froide. We have 17 university students, nine attending the professional center, 26 in secondary school and 71 in primary school. September will be a challenge, but hard work, generosity, and yes, maybe a miracle or two might keep them all in school.

We have a gentleman who comes each Saturday and shines shoes in preparation for church on Sunday. His daughter is receiving a scholarship to secondary school. I met Marie France about six months after the 2010 earthquake. Her leg was badly hurt, and we gave her a ride. This is her story: Her mother Rose and she were living in a tent city that had much violence. She was a good student but was not able to attend school after the quake. Your donations and the Milagro Foundation helped pay for a one-room place that was safer, and Marie France returned to school.

After a year or two, I told her mother that I would continue the scholarship, but Rose needed to get work for the rent. Now Rose is working at the Little Sisters’ infirmary, and Marie France will graduate from secondary school next year. She wrote, “I can never say thank you enough. I am a good person because of you.” All of the students are working hard and pray for their benefactors each day. Their zest for a better life is inspiring.

So you see the reason I title this trip “Miracles … Big and Small.” If the corneal transplant happens, that certainly will be one of the bigger ones. I suppose if we look for miracles, we find them. Thank you all for helping create so many miracles with your good wishes, efforts, donations, and just not giving up on Haiti.

Janroni is set to receive a corneal transplant in his right eye.

How to Help If any of you or your friends would like to help with the rebuilding process, you can send a check to me made out to Sisters of Loretto. This way you can get a tax benefit and also be assured that every penny of your donation will go directly to Haiti to help the people start to put their lives together again. Equally important are your continued interest, concern and prayers for the Haitians.

Barbara Wander 88 Mariners Circle San Rafael, CA 94903 The Little Sisters’ mission at Marbial, southwest of Port-au-Prince, is in a valley with a river running through it. Here a big brother helps his little brother start on the two-hour trek home from school.

When there is rain, many students are unable to attend school when the river rises too much.

loretto community members to remember

Unabridged remembrances and additional photographs are found on the Loretto website,

www.lorettocommunity.org

Select News; select Obituaries.

Barbara Agnew, CPPS, CoL

April 10, 1925 — Oct. 8, 2016 Barbara was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Walter and Marie Agnew. She became a vowed member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in 1949 and was known there as Sr. Mary Madeleva. Her younger sister Anne later joined the same religious order. Barbara taught in Ohio schools from 1950 to1965, and at Villanova University in Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1999. She made a commitment to Loretto Comembership in 1984. Barbara died at age 91 in her 67th year as a vowed Sister of the Precious Blood and in her 33rd year as a Co-member of Loretto.

Severin Duehren, OSF, CoL

Sept. 18, 1935 — Aug. 31, 2016 Born to William and Mary Alice Duehren in St. Joseph, Mo., Shirley Ann was the third of six children. She joined the Rochester (Minn.) Franciscan Community in her early ’20s, taking the name Sister Severin. She was drawn to Loretto Co-membership in 1985 through her 18-year friendship with Rose Annette Liddell SL. They had studied together at Ohio State University in the late 1960s. Following a career in health-care administration, Severin moved to The Rochester Franciscan Motherhouse, called Assisi Heights, in 2010. She was 80 years old upon her death and in her 31st year as a Loretto Co-member.

Rosalia Duran-Guevara CoL (formerly Marian Duran SL)

April 16, 1921 — Aug. 28, 2016 Maria Rosalia was born in Rainsville, N.M., to Emilio and Francisquita Duran.

She was received into the Sisters of Loretto in 1941 as Sister Maria. She worked as a cook and housekeeper at the Kentucky Motherhouse and in four Loretto Academies in different states. In 1960, she asked to be dispensed from her vows. Rosalia served as a nursing assistant and home-health manager in facilities and home situations for the rest of her working life. She married George Guevara in 1962. In 1995 she renewed her commitment to Loretto as a Co-member. Rosalia died in Albuquerque, N.M., at age 95, having lived 19 years as a Sister of Loretto and durng her 21st year as a Loretto Co-member.

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Mary Nicholson SL (aka: Sister Rosemary, and earlier, Sister Thomas Ann)

Sept. 30, 1922 — Aug. 11, 2016 Rosemary was born in Catawissa, Mo., to James Thomas and Catherine Ann Nicholson. Rosemary would join the Sisters of Loretto following her older sister Kathleen and accompanied by her younger sister Isabel into the Community. Sister Mary, as she was known for most of her religious life, taught in Loretto schools from 1954 through 1987. She moved to Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky., in 1998. She was 93 years old at the time of her death and in her 65th year as a Sister of Loretto.

Veronica Marie Schneider SL (formerly Sister Mary Thomas)

Dec. 3, 1925 — Aug. 15, 2016 Veronica was born in Los Angeles to George and Willamena Schneider. She became acquainted with the Sisters of Loretto at Nativity School in Los Angeles, and was received into Loretto in 1944, taking the name Sister Mary Thomas. She taught in Catholic schools for 33 years and then changed careers to clinical pastoral ministry, which she enjoyed for 21 years.

Veronica retired to Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in 2002 and died at age 90 on the 67th anniversary of her final vows as a Sister of Loretto.

Mary Bernardine Wiseman SL

Oct. 7, 1922 — July 15, 2016 Sarah Isabell was born in Hodgenville, Ky., to Charles Bernard and Christine Wiseman. She entered Loretto in 1942 and took her father’s name as Sister Mary Bernardine. She joined her older sister Mary in Loretto, who was known as Sister Theresa Louise.

Bernardine taught many years in Loretto schools and parish schools, and served 28 years at Ascension School, Chesterfield, Mo. Bernardine was 93 years old at the time of her death and in the 75th year of her life as a Sister of Loretto.

Lois Zeis SL

Dec. 30, 1924 — Sept. 27, 2016 Irene Ann was born in St. Louis to Frank and Mary Zeis. She attended Catholic Schools and went on to graduate from Webster College and teach at Notre Dame High School, both in St. Louis. She joined Loretto in 1947, receiving the habit and the name Sister Mary Lois. For years Lois taught in Mobile, Ala., and then lived and worked in El Paso for 30 years. In 2004 she returned to live at the Loretto Center in St. Louis, and moved to Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in 2012. Lois was 94 years old at the time of her death and in her 70th year as a Sister of Loretto.

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Memorials and Tributes of Honor June - September 2016

Throughout this list of Memorials and Tributes, an asterisk ( *) following a name identifies that person as a Loretto Co-member.

In Memory of:

Requested by:

Barbara Sedillo Aragon

The Loretto Community

Lauretta Bedard

Patricia & Robert Triggs

Kathleen “Kate” Bell

Monica Allen Dorothy & Daniel Beetz Diane & Mike Berkel Chris Burridge Clayton Corporation Ginny & Tom Compton Elizabeth Connor* Mark Coplin Lynn & Jim Cusack Katherine C. Davenport Patricia & Denis Dundon Sonja Fisher Barbara Gass Geneva & Robert Guthrie Natalie & Scott Hagen Ashley Hancock Terrie Hetz Scott Jones Raizell & Mark Kalishman Christine Kempf Lucy Kreader Michele Eileen & Thomas Lesinski Keri & Joshua Lessack Barbara Light* The Loretto Community Margo & John Lubus Albertha Marchi Pamela & Patrick McEntee Kathleen & Joseph Mischik Beth & John Morris Lynne & Thomas Mosier Marilyn A. Price Michael Rothman Karen Sanders Leovil & Concepcion Sarusal

Susan Shipman Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet Kaye & Joseph Strom Linda & Stephen Swann Mariana Warner Kathleen Waters Kitty (Crowe) Waters Judy & William Winkler Jeanne & Bob Wozniak Charlene & Robert Zinkl

Mary Louise Beutner SL

Betty Lawlor Kam Martin

Edwardine Boone SL

Joan Buckley

Mary Aline Briggs

Brenda Brooks Kevin Duffy

Jim Bruce

Sandra & John Alenius Michele Altieri DeAnn & Jim Anchustegui Patty Batton Brush* Susan Creel Mary & James Feeley Candice Fricke Lisa & Steven Goodwin The Loretto Community Kathleen & William Mauser Scott Pizer Kelly Powers Mary Ann & Walter Raynor RCF Management LLC Randy Rienzo Martha & Garland Roe Mary Seematter* Diane & Richard Swan Bruce Tawson Shiela & Patrick Thorpe

Frances Buetenbach SL

Marjorie Felsburg

Lenore Carroll*

The Loretto Community

Bernice Chen SL

Miriam G. Chen

Msgr. William J. Clausen

The Loretto Community

Connie & Joe Clifford

Denise Ann Clifford SL

Gail A. Clute

Mary L. Clute

Mary Margaret Conter SL

Greg Piper

Margaret (Peg) Jostedt Czufin

Karen Boyle Elizabeth & Paul Strobel Virginia Taylor

Kathleen Crowley

Jane Kosters*

Aline Dalton SL

Rita & Ken Werth

Everett E. Darby, Jr.

Kelly Marie Darby

Dan Dillon

Mary & Jim Feeley

Julia Dooling SL

Msgr. Leo Horrigan

Severin Duehren OSF*

The Loretto Community Catherine Mueller SL

Ann Wiseman Engle

Susan & John Stevenson

Ernestine & Ivy Frank Farrar

Farrar Family

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Requested by:

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Rosemary Fiori SL

Edwin Mary McBride SL

Damian Mary Simmons SL

John F. Fitzgibbons, M.D.

Rev. John McEntee

LaQuae Smyth

Bernard Froehle

Catherine Duffy Miller

Elizabeth (Betty) Standiford

Kathleen & Tim Farrell The Loretto Community Pat & Sam Schloemer

Ann Francis Gleason SL

Carol Mattingly Nancy & John Sunkel

Sophie & John Guest

Ellen Guest

Rosalia Duran Guevara*

The Loretto Community

Donald Hamburg

Elaine & Donald Jackson The Loretto Community Jeanne Orrben*

The Loretto Community

Joyce Duffy Dody Engel Patricia Miller

Mary Nicholson SL

Myrta Anderson Arlene & David Cole Julia Gonzales Andrew Lareau & Patricia Batuna Kathy Nolan

Alvin Stiedemann

Francis Louise Ritter SL

Susan Swain SL

Carol Mattingly

Kathy & Tim Farrell

The Loretto Community The Loretto Community

Richard Salsbury

Dorothy Saulion

Christine Thompson SL

The Loretto Community Barbara Lopez Martin

Kelly Marie Darby

Marie Joann Rekart SL

Simon Inkel SL

Sonja Feist

Amelie Starkey

Emily Peterson Blackburn

The Loretto Community

Aurelia Ottersbach SL

Rose Henry Higdon SL

Barbara Gene Fitzpatrick

Katharine & Christopher Merritt Estela Salsbury

John Evans Mary Lee Egnaczak

Kathy & Tim Farrell Kathy & Robert Flynn Margaret McMahon Msgr. Leo Horrigan

Eugenia Thompson SL

Margaret Loyola Scanlan SL

Chuck Scheopner

Ann Mary Schilling SL

Ann Roberta Schilling SL

Jean Clare Schilling SL

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schmidt

Carlos Marie Lubeck SL

Veronica Marie Schneider SL

Msgr. Virgil Mank

Doris Seitz

Lois Zeis SL

Eloise Jarvis SL

Marina Johnson

Margaret Rose Knoll SL

Abby Marie Lanners

Paschalita Linehan SL

Patrice Molinarolo Richard Johnson Carol Johnson

Patricia & Larry Lanners Louise Wenger Berezny Kathy & Tim Farrell Shirley & Mike Brisnehan Denise Ann Clifford SL

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Dennis Gallagher

The Loretto Community Kenneth Haner Kenneth Haner Kenneth Haner

Regina Schmidt

The Loretto Community Keta (Seitz) McCarthy

Miriam G. Chen

Rita Triggs

Patricia & Robert Triggs

Dorothy Jane Van Hoogstrate SL Joan Kidnay

Joan Van Leeuwen SL Chris Beal

Martha Vitale

The Loretto Community

Janice Voeltzke

The Loretto Community

Bernardine Wiseman SL

Louise & Frank Chauvin The Loretto Community The Loretto Community

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Anne Michelle LaMarre SL

In Honor of:

Cecilia & Hermes Cervantes

Loretto Earth Network News, 25th Anniversary

Requested by:

Photo by Nicole Martinez

Coach Almany & Family

Mary Ellen & John Fox Julie & Steven Graf Lori & Douglas Heckel Carrie & Tim Kinealy Margaret & Jeffery Lanter Connie & Michael McArthur Beth & Eric Nesbit Sarah & Erik Solverud Jill & David Wenzel

Patricia & Robert Triggs

Jo Ann & Joseph Furay

Karen & Kurt Musgrave James P. Phillips, D.D.S.

Lauretta Bedard

Mary (Buffy) Boesen SL Mary Kay Brannan SL Angelus Caron SL, June Birthday

Laura Pitvorec

Jane Kosters* Ladies Auxiliary, Knights of Columbus, Bishop Evans Council 10122

Denise Ann Clifford SL

Elizabeth Ann Compton SL, Birthday

Catherine & Joseph Hakala

Judith Donahue

Christina Lynn-Graig

St. Mary’s Academy

Patricia Hughes*

Mary Jane Clabots

Donna & Michael Boender Chris Gage Ruth Routten*

Jane Kosters*

Barbara Fagan

Art Carbonell

Karel Disponett

Antoinette Doyle SL Regina Drey SL

Madonna Hughes Evans Benedicta Feeney SL Mary Nelle Gage SL

Evelyn Houlihan SL

Eileen Kersgieter SL Anna Koop SL

Marilyn Shea Past & Present Loretto Presidents

Martha J. Alderson* Sisters of Loretto

Kelly M. Darby

Rich Evans Insurance Company

Holy Family High School

Lisa Reynolds*

Paul Schulte & Family Machebeuf High School, Denver, Class of 1966

Janet Paprocki Killick

Maryann Walsh Patricia Jean Manion SL

Theora Lechner Evans

Karen Loden Cora Ann Martin, 90th Birthday

Patricia Blanchard Virginia McCormick

The Loretto Community

Pat McCormick SL Mary Ann McGivern SL

Marilyn Shea Cathy Mueller SL

Conrad N. Hilton Fund Lydia Peña SL

LaFawn Biddle

Ann & Evan Geldzahler

Rosemary Laurita

Christina Lynn-Graig

Paula Palotay

Bernadette Seick

Russ Shaw Agnes Ann Schum SL

Eleanor Begley Sylvia Sedillo SL

LaVerne Brookie Marlene Spero SL

Baseline Engineering Corp.

Wood Partners, Inc. Jeanette Saddler Taylor

Patricia Hughes* Kathy Wright SL

Nancy Erickson Alison & Madison Zackery, 4th Birthday

Kelly Marie Darby

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