An Archivist Perspective – Wish You Were Here: Loretto History in Postcards
Sisters of Loretto
Kentucky
American history cannot be told without recounting the inspired and faithful service of women religious. Across centuries and decades, their efforts—abundant with creativity, compassion, and courage—have changed countless lives. From their missions to open orphanages in war torn countries, to establishing and staffing hospitals in developing urban centers, to founding schools as teachers and administrators, to marching for civil rights, WRAC ensures these Catholic sisters’ legacies.
Here are a few of their stories:
Sisters of Loretto
Kentucky
Benedictine Sisters of Nanaimo
House of Bread Monastery
Nanaimo, B.C.
Benedictine Sisters, Mother of God Monastery,
Watertown, South Dakota
Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine
Ohio
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