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Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham is a Catholic school where sincere and constant efforts are made to live daily in a manner that accords with our mission statement. Our whole ethos is inspired by the life of the founder of the Loreto order of sisters, Mary Ward, a woman who saw her vocation as an active, apostolic response to the needs of her time.
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Educating and inspiring
We perceive today’s need as one of educating and inspiring academically-able, Catholic young women to take on leadership roles in their parishes, communities and future places of work and to help them in fully living out their faith in what is an increasingly challenging, and often hostile, modern secular society.
Our academic routines are under girded by opportunities for daily prayer; there are whole school Masses at least once per term and a weekly service (either Mass or a Celebration of Word and Communion) is held in our beautiful chapel. We strongly encourage the girls to involve themselves in these acts of worship as a way of bringing their talents to the service of the community and of showing God’s glory in his creation.
There are a small number of students from other faith traditions in our community here and we consciously strive to be as inclusive as possible in our practices of worship. We recognize our own church as one with a wide embrace and consider that our lives are enriched by the presence of people who belong to other traditions, since we hold by a shared belief that all who sincerely seek God will surely find him.
Cath Cainen (Chaplain)
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Work of the Chaplaincy
Some of the tasks and responsibilities which are at the heart of Chaplaincy are –
•Helping young people to recognise their need for God and communicating God’s personality and revelation to them.
•Supporting young people as they attempt to answer life’s problems and helping them to shape the questions.
•Appreciating and enjoying the happiness and inspiration that young people can give.
•Being prophet, presence, bridge-builder.
•Building strong relationships with people – pupils, staff, parents, and all who work within and for the school.
•Networking with parishes and parents.
•Having the courage to try things out and then to reflect on failure as well as success.
•Animating the liturgy.
•Giving encouragement where and when it is needed.
•Spending time in common rooms and staff-rooms.
•Listening to the concerns of young people and helping them to deal with them.
•Being a living witness to the Christian way of life.
•Accompanying and sharing the story of young people at a particular stage of their journey through life.
•Liaising with local clergy and with the Diocesan Youth Coordinator.
