The weekend of November 25th to 27th was an important one on the Loreto calendar as the annual Student Leaders Conference was held, starting at Loreto Toorak and moving to Loreto Ballarat. A highlight this year was the participation for the first time of two representatives, Jess Low and Gabriele Maluga, from John XXIII College in Perth…
Is your name Peter? If so, you are four times more likely to be the chief executive of an ASX 200 company than if you are a woman. There are four times more CEO’s with each of those individual names than there are female CEOs in total…
The numbers of homeless on the streets of Australian cities and towns increase as real estate prices sky rocket in Sydney and Melbourne. Investors, ever on the move for a sure buck, buy more and more houses and units, often leaving them empty…
Loreto Normanhurst Principal, Barbara Watkins, has been awarded the Educate Plus Award for Excellence in Institutional Leadership. Ms Watkins was presented with her award at the Educate Plus International Conference in front of over 700 delegates at the Gold Coast in September…
The year is 1841, the date, August 23. On the pier in Kingstown, Ireland stands a group of Loreto nuns waving off seven young women in their 20s, dressed in the habit of the Loreto Sisters and accompanied by five postulants. These 11 are embarking on a journey destined for Calcutta, India…
Making the leap from working as a successful business analyst at one of the big four banks to becoming a Loreto Sister was all part of the journey for Janet Palafox. Today Sr. Janet is looking forward to embarking upon a new path in her life from leading a team at Caritas Australia in Perth to accepting a mission in Peru…
This Sunday 4 September, we celebrate the canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta who spent 20 years as a Loreto Sister. All through her life the ties and friendship between herself and the Institute remained firm, and she was personally known to many of our Sisters, especially in India…
Sunday 30th July has been designated the UN World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Trafficking in persons is a world-wide phenomenon affecting almost every country…
On a trip to Cuba late last year Pope Francis was presented with a letter from our Mary Ward Associates requesting him to beatify and canonise the founder of the Loreto Sisters, Mary Ward.
In the Philippines, people know one thing about IBVM-Loreto. “That’s the order Mother Teresa left, isn’t it?” I feel a bit defensive when I hear this.
