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Sisters Of Loretto
The Sisters of Loretto or the Loretto Community is a Catholic religious institute that strives "to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world." Founded in the United States in 1812 and based in the rural community of Nerinx, Kentucky, the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru. The Sisters of Loretto are sometimes confused with the Sisters of Loreto, whose members included Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The Sisters of Loreto and Loretto are not related. History The Sisters of Loretto were founded in 1812 by three women, Mary Rhodes, Ann Havern, and Christina Stuart, under the guidance of Fr Charles Nerinckx in Kentucky as The Little Society of the Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross. Their mission was to educate the poor children of the frontier. They were an early group to receive Black novices, including Clare Morgan as a founding member in 1812, but they segregated many of them in various ways and most event ...
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Nerinx
Nerinx is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. Nerinx was founded in the early 19th century by Father Stephen Theodore Badin. Nerinx is the home of the convent and Motherhouse of the Sisters of Loretto. The Sisters A sister is a woman or a girl who shares parents or a parent with another individual; a female sibling. The male counterpart is a brother. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to r ... moved to the site around 1820. The town was renamed Nerinckx for Fr. Charles Nerinckx, the founder of the order. The Nerinx post office opened in 1899. The shortened spelling is now generally used. References Sisters of Loretto Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Kentucky {{MarionCountyKY-geo-stub ...
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American Southwest
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Denver
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Loretto Heights College
Colorado Heights University was a private university in Denver, Colorado. It was part of the Teikyo University Group. In March 2009, it first changed its name from Teikyo Loretto Heights University (TLHU) to Colorado Heights University and later to Colorado Advanced University in July of the same year. It opened in 1989 on the former Loretto Highlands College campus. History At the end of the 19th century, Mother Pancratia (Mary Louise Bonfils 1852-1915), of the Sisters of Loretto, had the vision to educate women in the Rocky Mountain region. In 1886, Loretto Heights Academy was founded as a Catholic girls' high school in the building later used as Colorado Heights University's Administration Building. The landmark Administration Building was a Romanesque six-story structure, designed by Denver architect Frank E. Edbrooke (1840-1921). The Administration Building was built from red sandstone and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. Over the years, ...
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Oklahoma
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Osage Nation
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Iowa
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Loretto Academy (Kansas City, Missouri)
The Loretto is a multipurpose venue in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. It was adapted from a former girls' academy known as Loretto Academy, dedicated in 1904Owner of Loretto Academy wedded to $15M renovation
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as a "boarding and day school for girls." It is named after the , who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899.


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Missouri
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Wichita
The Diocese of Wichita () is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Kansas in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Territory The Diocese of Wichita covers the following Kansas counties: Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Reno, Rice, Sedgwick, Sumner, Wilson, and Woodson counties in south central and southeast Kansas. The diocese is home to 112,549 Catholics in 90 parishes. History 1540 to 1850 The earliest Catholic presence in present-day Kansas was during the 1540s, when Reverend, Juan de Padilla, the Spanish missionary priest, accompanied the Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his expedition through the region. During the 18th century, Kansas was under the jurisdictions of Spain and F ...
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