Sisters of Loreto

  • Mary Ward was born

    Mary Ward was born
    mary ward was born on the 23 January 1585
  • She made her first Communion

  • Mary Ward was declared "Venerable" by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009

    Mary Ward was declared "Venerable" by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009
  • present day

  • 1631On 13 January the Bull of Suppression came out and all houses were disbanded, but Sisters could stay in Paradeiser House in Munich. From there Mary was taken and imprisoned in the Anger convent as a‘heretic’. She was in prison from 7 February until 14

  • Dr. Michael O’Connor, First Bishop of Ballarat,1874-1883, asked the Loreto Sisters to come to Ballarat

    Dr. Michael O’Connor, First Bishop of Ballarat,1874-1883, asked the Loreto Sisters to come to Ballarat
  • 1874-1883 they moved to Balarat Melbourne

    1874-1883 they moved to Balarat Melbourne
    the purchsed house for the sisters of loreto