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Mon 02 Feb 2009An Irishwoman's Diary
FROM the sands of southern Sudan to the town of Omagh and from the island of Gibraltar to the lakes of Killarney they gathered to honour her contribution to education and the church, writes Sarah Mac Donald.
Some 2,000 representatives of 150 Loreto schools worldwide, educating over 70,000 students, heard Cardinal Seán Brady recall listening to the future Pope Benedict XVI in 1985, when he described her legacy as: “Four centuries of tireless work anchored in faith”.
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