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…
Music as Medicine
“By the end of my time at Loreto, I walked out into the world thinking I could genuinely do anything I wanted to.” Long before Sophie Payten became Gordi, the much-loved ARIA-nominated musician…
The L Plates of Leadership
Julia Gillard, Australia’s first and only (so far) female Prime Minister, has recently co-authored a book with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, called Women and Leadership…
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…
From Normanhurst to Hollywood
Past Loreto Normanhurst student, Jessica McNamee began her acting career on much loved Australian television programs ‘Home and Away’ and ‘Packed to the Rafters’…