Students in Years 11 and 12 have the opportunity to travel to England and Ireland on the biannual Loreto Pilgrimage during the Term 1 and 2 break. Over the course of almost three weeks, students visit Loreto schools in Ireland and sites of significance to our Loreto story in England, as well as many amazing tourist attractions and historical landmarks. The highlights of past trips are numerous and varied. The girls were able to build significant links with some of their fellow Loreto students in Ireland when they experienced a two-night homestay with a family from Loreto Secondary School in Balbriggan. They met some of the Loreto sisters at the Bar Convent in York and learned more about the story of Mary Ward when visiting her grave at Osbaldwick. Whilst travelling the English countryside, the pilgrims visited Shakespeare’s grave in Stratford upon Avon, danced around the massive rocks at Stonehenge in a bitterly cold wind and experienced the opulence of the state apartments at Windsor Castle. This Pilgrimage experience has proved to be the experience of a lifetime! Students look forward to experiencing friendly guides and hosts, wonderful learning experiences, and thoroughly enjoyable things to do and sites to see along the way.