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 and…
From Little Things Big Things Grow
From August 2021-2022, the Irish Province of Loreto is celebrating the bicentenary of their foundation by Mother Frances Teresa Ball. Frances ‘Teresa” Ball was a young Englishwoman who…
More than a word – Reconciliation takes action
Loreto schools marked National Reconciliation Week in varied ways as part of our justice commitment to working for the rights of First Nations peoples. First Nations students and communities have…
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…
Schools in Solidarity
Our Loreto schools are connected by shared stories, shared spirituality, and a shared desire to act in solidarity with sisters and brothers who are marginalised or oppressed. These connections…
Firm Foundations
Primary or junior schools have been a part of the Loreto story in Australia since the very first days of Mother Gonzaga Barry’s arrival in Ballarat. In 1877, only two years after the opening of…
Leadership and Verity this International Women’s Day
Every year the School Captains of our Loreto schools around Australia gather for a conference on leadership. Under the auspices of LSAC, this meeting is where amongst other tasks, the Captains collaborate to…