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Special events celebrate Mary Ward’s legacy

Michael McG — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:46:36 +0000

Yorkshirewoman Mary Ward is one of English Catholic history’s most significant yet most unsung figures.A pioneer for women’s equality, she founded the Congregation of Jesus and inspired an international following of people who are now campaigning for her sainthood.Celebrations will take place around the world over the week which marks the anniversaries of her birth […]

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Congregatio Jesu and IBVM merge into single congregation

Michael McG — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:16:31 +0000

After prayer, reflection and engagement of members, the two congregations of apostolic women religious, Congregatio Jesu (CJ) and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM- Loreto) today merged into one.The merged Congregatio Jesu, around 1,800 sisters worldwide, will continue to honour the legacy and charism of its foundress, Yorkshire’s Venerable Mary Ward.The merger of […]

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Records and year books in spotlight at York Catholic History Day

Michael McG — Tue, 07 May 2024 09:20:04 +0000

York Catholic History Day will take place at the Bar Convent, York, on Saturday June 1.This year, York University PhD student Laura Atkinson will take us back before the Reformation to explore ‘Record keeping and the Care of Souls in Late 13th-century York’ a paper based on her research in the registers of Archbishops William […]

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