Yorkshire woman Mary Ward (1585-1645) is one of history's most significant yet unsung figures. A pioneer for women's equality ...

Centuries after foundress Mary Ward prophesied that “Women in time to come will do much," her Loretto Sisters are seeing Ward's promise alive and well in generations of young women and graduates.

Two international congregations of women religious have formally merged more than five years after first expressing the desire for union, saying the move will strengthen their mission of service to ...

Celebrations will take place around the world over the week which marks the anniversaries of her birth (January 23, 1585) and death (January 30,1645). Mary Ward spent her final years in York and she ...