Renata Steffens
Loreto Sister Orla Treacy, principal of Loreto Girls Secondary School in Rumbek, South Sudan,
walks outside the school with children in 2017. Photo: CNS/Paul Jeffrey The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM), known as the Loreto Sisters, and the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) merged into one congregation during Mass in Loyola, Spain on November 4. The two congregations, which are present in over 40 countries, share the same foundress, Venerable Mary Ward. The merger brought together around 1,880 sisters…
