
New Province Leader and Council for Loreto Sisters
The Loreto Sisters have great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Sister Mary Wright ibvm as the new Leader of the Province of Australia and South East Asia for a 3-year term commencing 15 November 2023.
She will be based in Melbourne at the Loreto Centre in Hawthorn East.
Sr Mary has a doctorate in canon law from St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada and is well known both nationally and internationally as an educator, leader, canon lawyer and board member. She has extensive leadership experience within the Loreto network as past Principal of Loreto College Ballarat and Loreto Kirribilli and as Province Leader and Institute Leader of the Loreto Sisters. She has practised Church law in Australia and in Rome at the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Currently, Sr Mary is a member of the Loreto Province Council, a director on the Loreto Ministries Board and chair of the Future Loreto Committee. Sr Mary will be joined on the Province Council by Sr Helen Maguire ibvm as First Consultor, Sr Selvi Adaikalam ibvm, Sr Margaret Callaghan ibvm and Sr Diaan Stuart ibvm.
The announcement of the appointment of Sr Mary and the four Council members has been met with great joy and the sisters look forward to welcoming them to their leadership roles.
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