Loreto College, Ballarat, VIC

Set before you at the outset a something that will ennoble your life, your thoughts, your endeavours. Aim at something excellent; our life is largely influenced by what we aim at - our ideals often make our realities. Have enthusiasm for your cause; nothing of much worth is attained without enthusiasm. Be earnest, be persevering, be humble, and then with God's aid you will succeed; at least you will not have lead an ignoble life, nor lived in vain.' Gonzaga Barry. Loreto College is a Catholic secondary school for girls, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. We have been proudly educating young women of influence for 139 years. A contemporary school set in historic and beautiful surrounds, Loreto College builds on rich traditions of the past to provide girls with a quality, progressive and dynamic education which becomes a foundation for their future. It is our goal for a Loreto College graduate to be a young woman who is confident and equipped to engage actively in all aspects of life in the 21st century. We hope that a Loreto girl will be responsible, motivated and independent with an abiding sense of her own personal, spiritual and social well-being and social justice. With the Catholic perspective that formed the spirit and virtues of Mary Ward, young women are educated to strive for personal excellence.

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