Sister Margaret Quinn is pastoral assistant and music director at Saint Louis Church in Englewood, Colo. A former elementary and high school teacher, she also served as chaplain at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Carmichael, Calif. She moved to Denver in 1985 where her love of music and liturgy became the focus of her ministry.
In 2005, while in search for community life since there were no other Sisters of Mercy nearby, she met the Sisters of Loretto. Shortly after, she was invited to move in. “I’ve been truly enriched by the Sisters of Loretto and elated that we have so much in common. A line from the song, ‘River of Glory’ jumps out at this moment: ‘We’re bathed in the glory of God,’” she said in the Sept. 2009 issue of the Loretto Denver Center newsletter.
Lorraine Latraille had been doing the works of Mercy and attending retreats at Mercy Center in Auburn for 15 years, but she felt a real calling to be an associate four years ago. She’s been in parish ministry for 30 years, most recently as chair of the Immigration Support Network from St. Paul’s Parish.