The Loretto Community traces its roots to the mid-1980s, when a businessman and permanent deacon from Salzburg, Austria, first visited Medjugorje.

A complete prayer book (siddur) for weekdays, Shabbat, and festivals, translated and annotated with an introduction by Paltiel (Philip) Birnbaum (1904-1988) according to the nusaḥ (liturgical custom) ...