Landing Pad
Associating menstruation with impurity, degradation, and fear is an unfathomable concept to many of us. However, this is the reality for millions of women and girls worldwide, who struggle with an…
On the Gift of Felicity
Felicity! Such an old-fashioned yet beautiful word and made even more so as we delve a little into Mary Ward’s use of it! As far as we know Mary Ward used the word just once…
Mind Over Matter
Loreto Schools have long been associated with forming exceptional young women – women with deeply formed values, hearts, and minds, who go on to make a positive difference in the world, who challenge social stigmas…
Choose Life
When I first arrived in Gari-Uai, Timor-Leste, I had limited language; however, I was captivated by the people’s wide-open smiles and their capacity to encourage me to use my small amount of Tetun, and…
Gifts of Seasonal Transition
For the past few months, we have experienced the working of the Spirit among us, leading us to new encounters and experiences and finding new ways of living and nourishing our spirit. Hope and joy come as gifts of…
Education in the Time of a Pandemic
Schools faced many challenges during 2020 from lockdowns, to restricted parent access and gatherings, to shifting to remote learning, however, I am glad to say that not only did Loreto College rise…
Mary Ward Connect
Each year, Year 10 students from our Australian Loreto schools are involved in the Mary Ward Connect program run by the Loreto Schools of Australia Committee (LSAC). Usually, a student exchange program…
Toward a New Future
If you are familiar with the Loreto Sisters, you would be aware that we are passionately connected to our history, particularly our foundress, Mary Ward. The Loreto Sisters have been present in the province of Australia…
Women ‘Doing Much’!
To launch the first-ever International Women’s Day in 1975, members of Loreto Toorak’s orchestra performed at a civic celebration at Melbourne Town Hall. Every year since the Mary Ward commitment to…
A Voice from the People to the People
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have inhabited, lived, worked, and cared for the land we call Australia for more than 60,000 years. This gives them a deep, complex and unique relationship with our country…