Mary Ward

Organization founder

1585 – 1645

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Who was Mary Ward?

Mary Ward, I.B.V.M., was an English Catholic Religious Sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto, which have both established schools around the world.

Ward was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009; this is the first of three steps on the path to being declared a saint.

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Born
Jan 23, 1585
York
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Jan 30, 1645
York

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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