Season of Creation: Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor
Spring is here across Australia, and there is a burst of colour around every corner as we begin our celebration of the annual Season of Creation across Christian denominations in September…
I go among the trees and sit still…
Today, National Tree Day, the Loreto Justice Network invites all members of our province ‘circle of friends’ to get involved in planting trees across our Bicentenary year. Whether in our backyards and balconies, on…
Childhood: a time for happiness and love, not hard labour
Call to mind your children, grandchildren, young neighbours, students and children in your extended families, neighbourhood and friendship networks. Now, ponder one…
Working Together for a more Humane, Just, and Sustainable World!
This Vision Statement from our Mary Ward desk at the United Nations invites each member of our network to unite with God’s desire for a more just and sustainable world. Through the decisions and actions of…
International Day of the Girl Child 2020
On the 19th of December, 2011, a resolution was passed at the United Nations HQ in New York, Resolution 66/170. Members of the UN agreed to establish an annual day of observance, called…
Young and Free – Really?
Often when the word young is mentioned, it is followed by free. When I imagine what it means to be free, I think of a life lived fully, opportunities in abundance and systems that work to develop the human…
Committed to the Cause – Working on the Frontline to End Human Trafficking
On Friday the 24th of July, over 300 members of the IBVM/CJ community, from sisters, students, teachers and staff, joined together on Zoom from every continent in acknowledgement of the World…
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…
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…