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9 unusual facts about Loretto


Federal Prison Camp, Duluth

Hecker has since been transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, a low-security facility in Pennsylvania with an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp.

Fred R. Klenner

Klenner attended St. Vincent College for two years and St. Francis College now Saint Francis University, Loretto, Pennsylvania where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology in 1931.

James M. Garnett

Garnett died at his estate called "Elmwood" near Loretto, Virginia on April 23, 1843, and was interned in the family cemetery on the estate.

Born at "Mount Pleasant" near Loretto, Virginia, Garnett was schooled by private teachers as a child and later engaged in planting.

Loretto

Villa Loretto, Peekskill, New York, a U.S. National Historic Landmark

Many are traditional all-girls schools run by the Sisters of Loreto

Sisters of Loreto: formally called the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Peter Henry Lemke

In 1834 he came as missionary to the United States and after being stationed a short time at Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, he was sent as assistant to the aged and infirm Prince Gallitzin at Loretto, Pennsylvania.

Saint Francis Red Flash

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the 22 sports teams representing Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track and field, and volleyball; women's-only bowling, field hockey, lacrosse, softball, and swimming; and men's-only football.


Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh

The son of Robert Bruce, at one time Tory Member of Parliament for Clackmannan, he was born in Kennet in that county and educated at Loretto, Eton and Oriel College, Oxford.

Angel Mendez

When Mendez' mother became ill and the family's economic situation worsened, his father could not raise him and his siblings, therefore 2 were sent to foster homes and 6 were placed in the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, an orphanage on Mount Loretto, Staten Island.

Chestnut Hill College

The campus grounds include a grotto and fountain, the House of Loretto, and an elegant main chapel that was inspired by Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

Frances Mary Teresa Ball

It has never been fully explained why Mother Teresa decided to name her convent Loreto House, or rather, to use her own spelling, Loretto House, an error which remained uncorrected for many years.

Mariański Choir

Prizes were won at festivals in Międzyzdroje, Caecilianum (2000) and in Warsaw (2004), Loretto and Gorizia in Italy, Košice, Ilava, Mogilev, and in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin.

Paul Clauss

While at School, Clauss also played cricket, representing Loretto and then at University representing Keble against Worcestershire.

Princes Bay Light

The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mt. Loretto, a Catholic orphanage founded by Father John Christopher Drumgoole purchased the lighthouse, cottage and an additional outbuilding in 1926.

Purnia division

The nuns of Loretto convent of Darjeeling had come to Purnia near about 1882 and had opened a day school as well as a boarding school for children in Purnia district.

Shauna Kavanagh

She attended school at Loretto College Foxrork, and later attended St. Andrews College in Booterstown, Dublin.

Stephen O'Brien

He was born in Mtwara, Tanzania and educated at Loretto School in Mombasa, at the Handbridge School (Chester), the Heronwater School (Abergele), Sedbergh School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

WKSR

WKSR-FM, a radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Loretto, Tennessee, United States


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