- to make new
       - to nurture
         - to empower

"...Women, also would and can provide something more than ordinary in the face of the common need." Mary Ward

Contemporary as these words may sound they are the words of Mary Ward, foundress of the Loreto Sisters, spoken almost four hundred years ago to her companions, calling them all to a vision of women sharing actively in the Church's ministry.

Religious Life envisaged by Mary Ward demands an interior attitude of Freedom, Justice and Truth for those who journey in it.

These three stances carry a contemporary challenge:
- to be free enough to respond to God present and acting in our world,
- to persist in justice-making, especially among the powerless who reveal God's presence,
- to be who we say we are, disciples of Jesus. These qualities of heart, give witness to the Gospel and give credibility to religious life.

Mary Ward's companions in the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto) serve in many ministries throughout the world.

            Loreto Sisters, 39 van der Merwe Street Strand 7140 / PO Box 1277 Strand 7139.
            Tel: 021 853 6225. Fax: 021 854 4649

            Srs Jacinta Bannon, Marie-Thérèse Funge mariefunge@gmail.com, Marie Brady,
            Rosaleen Campbell

PO Box 117 Eerste River 7103. Tel: 021 904 8032

            Srs Rosaleen O'Kane, Maire Synnott