We are a community of religious women, belonging
to the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary a multicultural, international Institute
founded by an English woman, Mary Ward. We are known informally as Loreto Sisters.
The IBVM comprised of three branches: the Roman Branch, descendants of the original...
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Loreto in India owes its origin to a visit by Dr Bakhaus to Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham,
Ireland, in 1840 to request Mother Teresa Ball to send sisters to set up a school
for Catholic children in Calcutta. In response to this, Mother Teresa Ball sent
7 Loreto Sisters and 5 Postulants, all in their twenties,...
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