Our Future Together, Inspired by the Youth
Despite recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the recent Women’s Summit in Australia highlighting that inequality, particularly …
Walking the Path of Vocation
Located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the Loreto community is a group of five Vietnamese Sisters who work in various areas of ministry. With one other Vietnamese sister, Sr Ai Thien, currently working in…
The Irish Connection
As part of the Loreto community in Australia, we are familiar with Mary Ward and Mother Gonzaga Barry, however the link between the founder of the Institute and the founder of the Australian Province, is an Irish…
Final Profession of Sr. Selvi Adaikalam IBVM
Sr. Selvi Adaikalam IBVM has every reason to recognise that God leads us all by strange paths! The young woman growing up in southern India could never have imagined that this many years later, she would make her…
Mind Over Matter
Loreto Schools have long been associated with forming exceptional young women – women with deeply formed values, hearts, and minds, who go on to make a positive difference in the world, who challenge social stigmas…
Education in the Time of a Pandemic
Schools faced many challenges during 2020 from lockdowns, to restricted parent access and gatherings, to shifting to remote learning, however, I am glad to say that not only did Loreto College rise…
Women ‘Doing Much’!
To launch the first-ever International Women’s Day in 1975, members of Loreto Toorak’s orchestra performed at a civic celebration at Melbourne Town Hall. Every year since the Mary Ward commitment to…
Past Student Profile | Professor Catherine Bennett
In what has been undoubtedly one of her busiest years to date, Professor Catherine Bennett, past student of Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, took a moment to reflect on her time as a Loreto student and share her…
Waiting Amid Uncertainty
The season of Advent offers us an opportunity to pause as we wait for signs of hope and of new life. As the tumultuous year of 2020 draws to a close, this season of renewal has acquired unusual resonance…
Access to Excellence
At the beginning of 2020 our first project was to refresh VCAL. We wanted to put our Loreto stamp on this unique program. What our students developed encapsulated the essence of a Loreto…