The community in Ghana is part of the Eastern African Province.
In Ghana there is a small Loreto presence, established by sisters from Kenya. On February 2005, four Loreto sisters from Kenya were sent to Obuasi, in Ghana, as part of the ‘Courage to Move’ mission. They are involved in running a primary school for girls which was owned by the Catholic Diocese of Obuasi, and in pastoral care.
The Loreto sisters arrived in Ghana on the 16th of February 2005 and undertook the management of the Presentation of Our Lady Girls’ School which had 18 girls in the nursery and four teachers. In the last thirteen years, the school has grown from “grass to grace” as our girls would put it. The school’s population stands at 810 students at the moment from kindergarten to Junior High School (JHS).
The vision of the school is to empower the young girls to be people who are confident and free, people who fear God and are filled with the spirit. They are to be gracious in manner and be agents of social change in the society. They are to be people who can bring meaning into other peoples’ lives. We offer them a holistic education characterized by spiritual formation, academic excellence, character building and talent development.
The biggest challenge has been the school transport. Virtually all the students are picked and dropped at their various destinations by the school buses and these have been breaking down virtually every day. It is for this reason the management decided to acquire at least one new bus to ease the situation.
Ghana is part of the Loreto Eastern Africa Province.
We are an international multicultural congregation of around 1,800 sisters present in more than 40 countries around the globe. Founded in 1609 by the Venerable Mary Ward, we are a group of unenclosed apostolic religious women, rooted in the Ignatian Spirituality.
We are working in different areas and projects – not out of ourselves, but because we allow ourselves to be sent by God. We form our sisters to be mobile and available, willing to go wherever they are sent. We expect them to strive, like Mary Ward, to have that inner freedom to respond to the call to leave all and follow Christ with passion and compassion.
“Vocation” – a word that tastes of MORE, of what Saint Ignatius of Loyola called “THE MAGIS”: Longing, meaning, fullness of life, a task and the experience of being needed. It sounds like someone who is calling me personally and with whom I can give my life a unique shape.
People all over the world are inspired and enthusiastic about Mary Ward and her way of following Jesus. There are different ways to join our network and become part of the wider Mary Ward Family.
Mary Ward once said: “I listened to God’s deep dream for me and felt a longing to respond.”
In this spirit, we invite you to pray with us. We offer a variety of prayers and material for reflection.
