Welcome to the English Province of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Loreto Sisters
The first members of our group were attracted by their friend Mary Ward whose deep love of God and sincerity, gifts of listening and being with people, inspired them to be with her. Together they left everything and set off to respond to the call of God in their lives. They went all over Europe founding schools for girls, visiting the sick, the poor and the imprisoned. This was 1609, the beginning of our story. The years have gone by and century after century, hundreds and hundreds of women, members of our group, continued and developed this work according to the needs of the time. We are following on in the same spirit as those who have gone before us. Like them we take new challenges, new ways of being in ministry and new ways of being together as community.
