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06/06/2026

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06/06/2026

We are remembering all the current, past - participants and presenters and team members who are taking part on an online concluding celebration of over 40+ years of Loreto House.

06/06/2026

Singing is praying twice they say! Spread the word!

Would you like to sing with us in this inspiring place?

Less than four weeks to our annual church music summer school in Maynooth - book your place now at ➡️https://icmamusic.ie/book

Tutorials and workshops:
👭👬 Choral Singing
🗓️ Music for the Church Year
🎹 Organ
✏️ Composition
🎤 Cantor
☘️ Music by Irish Composers
📒 Managing a Choir

*Full course and single day options available
*Registration from 8.30am daily

02/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part in the SafeBirth4All 2026 Annual Conference, with more than 200 participants from around the world coming together to support hope, healing, and the vision of a world without obstetric fistula.

31/05/2026

If you’re in Donegal- visit Ards Irish Capuchin Franciscans

29/05/2026

Fair play to Conor McDonough & Irish Dominicans for creative outreach

29/05/2026

Remembering all our students, parents and teachers during exam season.

23/05/2026

The 2026 theme for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is “Her health, her right: Shaping a future without fistula.” Observed annually on May 23, the day raises awareness of obstetric fistula, a serious childbirth injury caused by prolonged obstructed labour without timely medical care. The 2026 theme emphasises every woman and girl’s right to sexual and reproductive health and the importance of creating a future free from fistula.

20/05/2026

What a remarkable story. Let AMRI know about your stories. We are happy to circulate.

On this day in 1875, a remarkable journey began. Ten courageous and strong spirited Loreto women set sail from Loreto Abbey Rathfarnham, bound for an unknown future in Australia.

Mother Gonzaga Barry was accompanied by nine companions, Sisters Aloysius Macken, Berchmans Stafford, Boniface Volcher, Bruno McCabe, Dorothea Frizelle, Gertrude Quinn and Xavier Yourelle and two future postulants, Helen Hughes and Margaret O’Brien.

Their 17,000-kilometre journey from Ireland to Australia was in response to the invitation of Bishop Michael O’Connor, who encouraged them to meet the educational needs of the growing Catholic population in Australia.

The ten pioneering Loreto Sisters spent nearly two months at sea aboard the SS Somersetshire – guided by courage, faith, and a shared mission. They arrived at Port Melbourne on 19 July 1875, a date we now celebrate each year as Loreto Heritage Day.

Mother Gonzaga Barry's original travel diaries are preserved in the Institute Archives in Dublin. You can read the digitised and enhanced versions here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/bd06b533c9.htm