A United Front
As India continues to battle tragically high numbers of COVID-19, our Province network in Australia, and those who form part of our global community have come together, in the true spirit of Mary Ward, to…
That they may be one…
As Mary Ward neared death in late 1644, her close friend Winifred Wigmore embarked on a long and dangerous trek to London, seeking news of the sisters who remained in various spots across Europe…
Choose Life
When I first arrived in Gari-Uai, Timor-Leste, I had limited language; however, I was captivated by the people’s wide-open smiles and their capacity to encourage me to use my small amount of Tetun, and…
Gifts of Seasonal Transition
For the past few months, we have experienced the working of the Spirit among us, leading us to new encounters and experiences and finding new ways of living and nourishing our spirit. Hope and joy come as gifts of…
Mary Ward Connect
Each year, Year 10 students from our Australian Loreto schools are involved in the Mary Ward Connect program run by the Loreto Schools of Australia Committee (LSAC). Usually, a student exchange program…
Toward a New Future
If you are familiar with the Loreto Sisters, you would be aware that we are passionately connected to our history, particularly our foundress, Mary Ward. The Loreto Sisters have been present in the province of Australia…
From Concept to Creation: Mary Ward goes Virtual
Up until this year, the term Twenty-twenty usually referred to normal visual acuity, but it now also means the year our planet was turned on its head by a virus! All aspects of what many thought was a regular routine…
Breaking Ground in Ostico
On May 19, 2002, Sister Mary Wright ibvm (General Superior at the time), wrote a letter to all members of the Institute entitled ‘Courage to Move’. Courage to Move invited Provinces to look at the needs 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…
God’s Grandeur
It was of little surprise to me that in the early stages of lockdown in Melbourne, Bunnings, garden supply and flower shops did a roaring trade. In the midst of suffering, uncertainty and grief, the human desire…