Loreto Friends Networker

Loreto Sisters Australia www.loreto.org.au Loreto Friends Networker Loreto Friends Networker From the Provincial Issue 7 December 2007 Dear partners in our this work to continue. In Team to deepen under- mission, addition, St Mary’s College standing of our shared Christmas provides a time continues to offer a great spirituality and mission. In Inside this issue: to look back on the year base from which university recent months we have and to thank God for all students can explore both also been assisted by a academically and socially, Property committee, help- From the Provincial 1 that has happened, and this Friends Networker pro- the next steps towards ing us negotiate plans for vides a privileged place to adult responsibility. the future. Our Province New Loreto Principal for St 2 do this. Mary Ward International- Office staff and internal Mary’s College committees like Aged Our Loreto schools have Australia (MWI-A) continues to grow under the able Care, Formation, Commu- Ward d’Houet welcomes 2 flourished. In addition to nity leaders, with the Pro- new member fine academic results, each guidance of Sr Janet Pala- fox, and her Board, led by vincial Council over it all - Baucau Teachers’ College 3 school has its own out- from so many different reach to those less well off: Mr Peter Black. As ar- celebrates 2nd graduation rangements are put in points of view, each contri- in holiday programs for bution enables this work to disadvantaged children, in place with due regard for New Loreto Futures Team 4 law, justice, financial re- continue. The three calls ‘pilgrimage’ experiences from our General Congre- Loreto Sister guest curator 4 which sensitise our young sponsibility, and partnership with those in the field, gation in Peru in 2006: to of precious exhibition women to other cultures, in risk deepening our relation- generosity to Loreto pro- MWI-A is growing in its Mary Ward Justice Lecture 5 capacity to engage a wide ship with God and each 2007 jects overseas, and in the other; to work in creative weekly community service. range of present and past students and friends in the and respectful partnership Australian Political Ministry 5 with others; and to sharpen (PolMin) Many teachers support the works for the least privi- effort to deepen spirituality, leged in our society. our engagement with church and society, are all Events 6 to provide good liturgy, to encourage students to Overseas our sisters in happening in this wide grasp the meaning of be- Timor Leste and programs flung enterprise. in Vietnam are part of Aus- coming a disciple of Jesus. So to all our co workers – In debating, in art, music, tralian Loreto outreach, and each one takes our thank you! May this Christ- drama, sport, and current mas and New Year bring to affairs many students have concern and love into a wider circle of friends, as fruition the prayer of Ad- shown that Mary Ward’s vent, where we open our commitment to a holistic does the vital outreach of a Further information few Loreto sisters in a eyes and take time to real- education is still alive and ise that in our very midst Website number of rural areas in well. Many parents express God is! It is perhaps easier www.loreto.org.au Australia. their gratitude for the to imagine the stable at • Editor: Sophia grounding their daughters Other committees and Bethlehem, but if we are Ljaskevic, Communi- receive: so a big thank you councils: Finance; Commu- serious about our faith, we cations Officer. to all associated with each nications; Justice Peace are confronted by the fact school: Chairs and School and Integrity of Creation; that this God continues to • Contact details: Councils, principals, staffs, History and Archives – all come to birth through us communications committees, parent, past- continue to ensure that our and our words and actions student bodies, and Dr activities are informed by @loreto.org.au to make this world a place Roslyn Arnold, Sr Julianna skilled people who share of peace, of justice and of tel: 03 9690 1418 Drobik OP, and the Ward the vision. In this issue you loving respect for all those d’Houet Board members will see that we have es- Fax: 03 9699 6078 whom we see as ‘different’. for all they do to enable tablished a Loreto Futures Chris Burke ibvm Pa ge 2 Loreto Friends Networker I ssue 7 New Loreto Principal for St Mary’s College The Loreto Sisters con- they explore new horizons ple: rural children who tinue their traditional role at in an atmosphere of trust would otherwise not have St Mary’s College, and a call to personal re- access to education; chil- (residential college at Uni- sponsibility. dren with disabilities; vision- versity of Melbourne), with impaired children and street the appointment of Sr Liz has recently been children. A new project be- Elizabeth (Liz) Hepburn as wearing another hat. As ing planned is an additional College Principal, com- the Provincial Council campus for "Sunrise Special mencing in 2008. member who liaises with School" for older children the Loreto Vietnam Austra- with intellectual and multiple Liz was formerly principal lia Program, Liz recently disabilities. This new educa- of Sancta Sophia College, returned from Vietnam tional environment will in- where she has been where she spent a few Above: Liz Hepburn clude a component to assist greatly appreciated by the days with Trish Franklin hearing-impaired students. students and staff. and visited many of the works that LVAP supports. On December 1st a huge St Mary's is owned by the Trish's special ministry musical gala "Loretofest" Archdiocese of Melbourne, there continues with in- was held at RMIT Vietnam and run by a College creasing assistance from to raise money to furnish Council, but since its foun- the Vietnamese Govern- and equip the new campus, dation in 1918 the principal ment and from Australians and it raised sufficient has been an IBVM sister. and others working within money to carry through Co-educational since 1977, Vietnam, who can see many of the hopes Trish St Mary's gives witness to LVAP's great efforts on had about this new venture. the joy and energy of behalf of the poorest and young women and men as most disadvantaged peo- Ward d’Houet welcomes new member Prof Marie Emmitt recently widely in the area of lan- working to provide tertiary joined the Ward d’Houet guage and literacy educa- education to those in refu- Education Board. tion. Her co-authored book gees camps, in particular Marie Emmitt is Professor with Oxford University along the Thai-Burma border. Press Language for Learn- Marie is committed to educa- and Dean of Education at th Australian Catholic Univer- ing is now in its 4 edition. tion making a positive differ- sity. Before this she was Marie was a boarder at ence both for the individual Associate Dean (Teaching Genazzano in 1962 and and the community. and Learning) and previ- 1963 and was presented Marie replaces Sarah Rey. Above: Prof Marie Emmitt ously a Head of School at with the 2004 Annual We thank Sarah for her valu- Deakin University. Genazzano FCJ College able, active and effective role Marie has spent many Award for Outstanding on the committee. years in literacy education. Achievement of a Past Pu- The Ward d’Houet Education and has been active on pil Award. She was a mem- Board supports the mainte- state and national curricu- ber of the Xavier School nance of the Loreto and FCJ lum bodies. Marie has Council for ten years and is charism, and oversees plans, been national president of now a member of the Jes- projects, and finances of the the Australian Literacy uit Schools Commission. schools and advises the pro- Educators’ Association, She is also the chair of St vincials on these matters. has presented at national Mary’s School Board in Further information: and international confer- East St Kilda. Marie is also http://www.loreto.org.au/ ences and is published involved with a small group education_board/ Loreto Friends Networker I ssue 7 Pa ge 3 Baucau Teachers’ College celebrates 2nd graduation In 2005, as a result of a a Catholic Teachers’ Col- call from our international lege by the bishop of the leadership team, every diocese of Baucau which province or region of our takes in the whole of the world wide institute was eastern region of East asked to have ‘the courage Timor. In 2003 the College to move’. accepted its first group of student teachers. Our Australian province thought that Timor Leste, Prior to 2000, 90% of so close a neighbour, com- teachers were from Indo- ing recently from such a nesia and most of these traumatic upheaval and teachers returned to Indo- with a very young popula- nesia after the East tion, might be a place we Timorese won Independ- could make some first ence. Thus the need for steps. teacher training was criti- cal. The Institute accepts Sr Anne Byrne and Anne applications from all the Kelly, Sr Diaan Stuart an- thirteen districts based on swered the call to begin final Year 12 results plus this new venture. All had to an entrance interview. begin Tetum from scratch, and two had never worked In 2006 the first students in a foreign country. All had graduated. They had man- A student receives her experience in our large and aged to continue studies degree from Acting well established schools despite the political difficul- Vice Chancellor here, and one sister also ties. This year again, 48 Gabrielle McCullen had experience working in out of the 50 students who refugee camps in northern began in the second intake Uganda.

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