September 16, 2022 marked the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the first community of Loret(t)o Sisters in Canada. Mary Ward’s Institute was brought from England to Ireland in 1821 by Frances Teresa Ball where they became known as Loret(t)o Sisters. In response to requests Teresa sent sisters to India, Mauritius, Gibraltar, and then to
New York, 16, 17 & 19 September. Transforming Education Summit – Keynote on the need to transform education – Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and SDG Advocate. Ms Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Janet Palafox IBVM our representative at the UN. At this Summit Janet
On the morning of the 8th of September 2022, the members of the General Congregation 2021-2022 for the Congregatio Jesu approved the final statement that they had been working on in the last days of their GC. Final Statement (English) Final Statement (Spanish)
On Thursday, 8 September 2022, the members of the GC approved the final statement and officially ended the General Congregation. See the link to the closing mass on the CJ website here
Newly elected leader of the Congregatio Jesu, Veronica Fuhrmann CJ, pictured with IBVM (Loreto Sisters) Institute leader Noelle Corscadden IBVM
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A unanimous vote was taken today by our CJ sisters at their GC in Rome to approve our request of ‘Becoming One’. For more information on our ‘Becoming One’ journey and highlights please click on our link maryward.org
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A new life of Mary Ward was published in England around Christmas 2021. It was not commissioned by either of the two Mary Ward institutes but was entirely the work of a hitherto unknown admirer of Mary Ward. The author’s name is Sydney Thorne and he lives close to Osbaldwick in York. However, it was
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Deirdre Raftery’s new book, specially commissioned for the Bicentenary of the foundation of Mary Ward’s Institute in Ireland.Frances Teresa Ball returned to Ireland from her formation at the Bar Convent in York in August 1821. She began the first IBVM community and school in Dublin and, in so doing, established the beloved name Loreto. The
