Professor Ros Arnold
Recently we received word that Professor Ros Arnold died, after a short illness, in London. Many will remember Ros as a past student of Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, Chair of the Normanhurst School Council…
Talking Transformative Love
Looking back on our childhood, we recall sitting with others, conversing about many things – play, drama, joy, and pain. In this circle, we begin forming our identity. As we age, our conversations change, made more…
Bringing Home the Flag
Loreto Ballarat past student, Macaylah Johnson, is a proud Wadawurrung woman, strongly connected to her family and ancestors. Nurtured by her mother, who works in Indigenous health and welfare, and her…
Connecting with the Loreto Story
Ballarat’s weather turned on the kind of day that makes Ballarat famous when 12 staff from Loreto Ministries, Mary Ward International Australia and Loreto Australia and South East Asia went to Loreto College, Ballarat…
Listen to what Women are Saying
The position of delegate/member of the Plenary Council was bestowed upon me on one of the rare occasions that my age and sex have come in handy in the Catholic Church and society. At one of the first meetings…
Nurturing Brighter Futures
Loreto Sister Sr Aithien Nguyen ibvm has spent the last six years missioned to Gariuai, Timor-Leste, where she was the Director of Loreto Centro, a pre-primary school and community centre focused on…
Women for our Nation
In 1897 Mother Gonzaga Barry wrote, “Now would it not be a good thing for all Loreto girls to federate, in a great league for a noble end….” Mother Gonzaga had high hopes and expectations for the contribution that…
Loreto Kirribilli Verity Immersion
The immersion experience to East Arnhem land in the first week of the school holidays was more than just an adventure to an exotic destination; it was a journey that challenged preconceptions
World Day Against Trafficking in Humans
For some years, the Loreto Justice Network (LJN) has committed to and remained focused on five Justice Priorities: The Reality of Human Trafficking, The Rights of First Nations Peoples…
World Environment Day
For some time now, we have considered options regarding the bushland we own at Bolwarra, near Portland. This property was purchased by Loreto in 1961 with the intention of building a…