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…
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…
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…
Girls Speak Out!
It was wonderful to join together with our Loreto Schools all around Australia for the Day of the Girl webinar. We were deeply moved by what we witnessed during the webinar and…
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…
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…
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…
LSAC Student Leadership Conference 2020
On Friday, November 27th, the School Captains of our Australian Loreto schools gathered for their annual student leadership conference, online, as 2020 would have it…
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…