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Loretto Sisters

Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Canada region

Who we are?

Promoting education,

justice, spirituality and pastoral care.

What is Becoming One?

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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.

A Historic Step Forward: IBVM and CJ to Unite as One Mary Ward Family

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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.

Loretto Maryholme Update

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Mary Ward Centre Updates

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Spirituality

Through the Ministry of Spirituality we actively encourage and support others

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The Loretto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, IBVM) are an active community of Catholic women seeking to spread the Gospel as ‘Contemplatives in Action’.

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Mary Ward (1585 - 1645) founder, an English woman who held a strong conviction “that women in time to come will do much,” continues to inspire and challenge women today.

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