Watch: Interview with new global head of the Jesuit order Fr. Arturo Sosa S.J who offers a fresh insight into the dynamics of discernment and spiritual consolation while reflecting on his favourite gospel passages, relations with Pope Francis, plus much more…
Junior school teacher Desilee Tait, the Gifted and Talented teacher at Loreto Kirribilli, is on a mission to create positive change for every student across all educational systems in Australia. As a recipient of of the prestigious Churchill Fellowship…
Sitting on a flight leaving Dili in Timor-Leste I am overcome with multiple waves of sheer emotional exhaustion. As I silently shed a few tears looking out the window – I know it’s time to put pen to paper. I have been shaken out of the comforts of my easy existence in Australia after spending just one week in a country which is only a one hour journey from Darwin…
In this era of Brexit, Trump, Duterte and the destruction of much of the Middle East there is the temptation to retreat to the known and familiar, to build a wall around our own little enclave and focus on my particular concerns. What flows from this is, inevitably, fear…
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…
