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…
Laudato Si Week, 2020
Recently the two branches of the Mary Ward’s Institute combined resources to establish a Mary Ward JPIC (Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation) Office based in Rome…
EARTH: OUR MOTHER, OUR HOME, OUR FUTURE!
I call on the Member States of the UN to recognise the interconnectedness of climate, biodiversity and the positive future of the planet…
Love in the Time of Corona
On St Patrick’s Day, I arrived at work to a yummy peppermint Aero chocolate bar on my desk and a large green tinted box – a box of tissues! My colleague had heard me complain a week before that…
4 Generations of a Loreto Education
Marie Dooley (1944) attended Loreto Coorparoo as a boarder from 1939 to 1941, the start of a close association with Loreto Coorparoo spanning more than 10 decades…and is yet to be over…
Unite Around Unfinished Business!
In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2020, the Loreto network was abuzz with activity: an excellent webinar on the position of women hosted by our UN desk, Margaret Kennedy and…
On the Path to Sainthood
At present, we are working towards the Beatification of Venerable Mary Ward. In addition to the provision of a “miracle”, the Church requires evidence of “Widespread Devotion” to her…
Ultrasound Dream Realised
In early December 2019, a dream that had developed in the hearts and minds of medical superintendent Dr. Kabwe and the staff of Lukulu District Hospital for over two years was answered with the delivery of a brand new ultrasound machine. This dream was realised through the…