For list of Loreto Schools worldwide, see
Loreto College.
The Loreto Schools are a group of all-girl
Roman Catholic schools throughout the world associated with the
Sisters of Loreto, founded by the English recusant nun
Mary Ward and are run by the Loreto Educational Society (Loreto
sisters), which in India runs 17 schools and 2 colleges.
In
Ireland in the 1850s the schools were founded to combat the growing
Protestant influence in English education in then British-controlled Ireland and ensure Catholic education for girls. It spread to India and Australia in the 1870s.
There are also Loreto schools in other cities across India including
Darjeeling,
Delhi, and
Asansol.
Lucknow has two. The schools engage in charitable activities and on academic and all-round development of the students.[1]