Mary Ward (nun)

Venerable

Mary Ward

IBVM CJ
Portrait of Mary Ward, c. 1600
BornJoan Ward
(1585-01-23)23 January 1585
Mulwith, Yorkshire, England
Died30 January 1645(1645-01-30) (aged 60)
Heworth, York, England

Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645)[1] 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. There is now a network of around 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide.[2] Ward was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 December 2009.

  1. ^ O'Brien, Susan. "Ward, Mary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28699. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Livesey, Sister Jane; Avery, Charlotte. "Woman's Hour 21 Jan 2022". BBC. Retrieved 21 January 2022.