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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 1904 [2] as a "boarding and day school for girls." [3] It is named after the Sisters of Loretto, who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899. [4]
The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]
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, [2] the organization has communities in 16 US states and in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, Pakistan, and Peru.
Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School, North York, Toronto, Ontario; Loretto Academy (Chicago) Loretto Academy (El Paso, Texas) Loretto Academy (Kansas City, Missouri) Loretto Academy (St. Louis, Missouri), listed on the NRHP in Missouri; Loretto College, part of the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario
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