A Refreshed Dialogue for the Loreto Justice Network
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…
Care for Creation
The campaign of this year’s World Environment Day (5 June), #OnlyOneEarth, highlighted the need to reset the balance with nature through transformative changes in how we eat, live, work…
Embracing the Loreto Tradition
A colleague walked into my office last year and asked if I had seen a particular job advertisement; she went on to say, “That job looks like it was written for you!” I then read about this…
Embracing the call for justice
On 24 May 2022, we celebrated the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. This seminal encyclical issued a clarion call to humanity to recognise…
Seeking the Energy of the Future
Once every eight years Loreto Sisters gather in their province or region and discern where and how the Spirit might be urging them into new ways of being and doing. The time span is determined…
Farewell Cate Sydes
Recently, we came together to celebrate and farewell Cate Sydes who dedicated six years to Loreto Ministries in the role of CEO. It was a day of mixed emotions, gratitude and good wishes as we…
Our Mission in Action
In 2022, we continue to strive for the betterment of women, children, and communities. Together with our project partners, Sisters, and the wider Loreto community, we aim to achieve a great deal this year….
Freedom Pitches Her Tent
Mary Ward’s words resound deeply as I discern God’s dream for me. I came to know of Mary Ward from the Loretos (as I like to call them), and I remember feeling captivated by their vision for social justice…
Gender Equality for a Sustainable Future
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a time of celebration across all Loreto schools. On and around the 8th of March, purple appears alongside the traditional Loreto blue on ribbons, badges…
125 Years of Loreto in the West
In 1895, the Bishop of Perth, Bishop Matthew Gibney, visited Mary’s Mount in Ballarat to speak to Mother Gonzaga Barry about beginning a Loreto foundation in Perth. According to the Bishop…