Refugee Week; You Are Welcome
In KiSwahili, one of the oldest languages of Eastern Africa, there is a beautiful word, karibu. It has several meanings but is used most often in Kenya at least as a way of saying…
World Environment Day 2020
On World Environment Day the very first Loreto Justice Network online meeting for student leaders took place. Through the now familiar magic of Zoom, students and staff with responsibility for environmental…
Walking Into Whatever Comes Next!
The last time I asked a Loreto Sister I was visiting in Ireland if there were any resources she’d like me to bring over, she replied – ‘Actually yes, a Mary Ward statue’!…
From Normanhurst to Hollywood.
Past Loreto Normanhurst student, Jessica McNamee began her acting career on much loved Australian television programs ‘Home and Away’ and ‘Packed to the Rafters’…
Learning from Leadership
At Loreto Toorak, the COVID 19 pandemic and this period of social isolation away from school, although difficult to adapt to at first, has ultimately given students and staff a new and exciting avenue to…
Mobilising the Mary Ward Network
On the Feast of Pentecost 2019 the Generalate of the two branches of Mary Ward’s 1609 Institute indicated their strong desire to take steps toward unification…
Communion Out Of Chaos
Across the Province, Sisters have found communion in isolation and been challenged to look outward in our prayer and action. As one sister reported recently, ‘This seems to be a time when physical isolation…
Connecting Through Creativity
Twelve months ago IBVM artists, musicians and poets gathered in Toronto to explore the intersection of the arts, spirituality and justice, and the ways in which the arts are a form of…
Pilgrims’ Progress
For the past 10 years I have joined Year 11 students from Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak on pilgrimage to Vietnam. This Pilgrimage is a significant rite of passage for girls…
National Reconciliation Week
On the cusp of National Reconciliation Week I find myself thinking: what can I, a middle-aged Anglo-Celtic woman, truly commit to this National Reconciliation Week? I found myself calling on Veronica Brady ibvm…