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It is with joy and gratitude that we share the attached wonderful news that IBVM members have voted in favour of merger with the Congregatio Jesu. Our foundress, and the great cloud of witnesses are smiling down on all IBVM and CJ sisters today.

Loretto Maryholme Update: As winter turned into spring, the centre has become busier with silent 3-day retreats as well as a number of private retreats. A few highlights were: hosting the Loretto Associates for a weekend; sharing two-days with the full staff of the Loretto Ministries; and a fully booked new writing retreat: Journaling as Spiritual Practice. An Earth Day event was a great start to re-engaging the local community in the Centre.

At the end of April, the staff of the Loretto Ministries gathered at Loretto Maryholme for a 2-day event: to become more immersed in the charism of Mary Ward and how this inspires us and resonates through our work; to follow the journey of Becoming One; and to connect as ‘one staff’ under the Mary Ward banner. 

The global displacement crisis deeply concerns us. Did you know over 120 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced from their homes? A staggering 60% remain within their own countries, while over 43.7 million are refugees seeking safety elsewhere.

We join all people of good will who feel loss and sadness in the death of Pope Francis, humble servant of God.

Yesterday, on January 30, we came together with warmth and appreciation as the Canadian Region Leadership Team expressed heartfelt gratitude

After Mary Ward’s death her followers found themselves on a challenging and unexpected path. There were significant struggles and doubts. Ye

Mary walked her path as a woman waiting for God's hour, a saint of ordinary things.

Mary Ward was a woman of ordinary things. She did not seek anything extraordinary, having her feet on the ground. Her journey was difficult.

Mary Ward’s pilgrimage was grounded in the call she received from the Lord in 1611: Take the same. This call was connected to a contradictio

We are on a sacred path – Mary Ward’s wish, “I wish all were here”, is about to become a reality.

All types of beginnings need openness, conviction, courage, humility, love, determination, patient persistence and above all

Her meandering journey, which began in childhood, was finally taking shape. Yet many decisions lay ahead. She would need assurances.

Freedom, justice and sincerity marked her life, as they mark our own.  As we begin this Mary Ward Week two questions might assist us. 

A series of reflections for eight days - that not only recounts the remarkable journey of our Foundress, Venerable Mary Ward

Director of the Mary Ward Centre, Audrey Ferrer, attended the international IBVM Safeguarding Conference in Nairobi, Kenya from June 1st...

A project developed among us Lorettos at Presentation Manor, a few months ago, that came out of a discussion about how we could become...

We are excited to announce the creation of a new position within our organization: Executive Director. Today, August 12th, we warmly...