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| Keywords: portrait people blackandwhite black and white Mary Ward was born at Mulwith Manor near Ripon in Yorkshire in 1585. Her father was a bailiff for the Earl of Northumberland and her family were all Catholics. She was related to several of those involved in the Plot. Her mother, Ursula Wright, was the sister of John and Christopher Wright and sister-in-law of Thomas Percy. Her father was arrested for a while on suspicion of involvement in the Plot. Brought up in a highly religious household under the spiritual guidance of a Jesuit priest, she set her heart on becoming a nun and in 1606 she crossed over to Flanders to enter into a religious order. From 1609, prompted by a series of intense religious experiences, she began to develop more ambitious plans to set up a new community to give religious instruction to young girls from England and also to provide similar guidance within England itself. Between 1616 and 1628 Ward's 'institute' flourished, opening new schools across Europe, but her desire to make it formally part of the Jesuit order was frustrated. Her battle to achieve her ends against strong opposition resulted in an accusation of heresy, a brief period of imprisonment by the Papal inquisition, and a direct appeal to the Pope, which secured some formal status for her institute in 1632. Ward returned to England in 1639 and died in 1645. The institute she founded eventually became The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and still exists. Mary Ward was born at Mulwith Manor near Ripon in Yorkshire in 1585. Her father was a bailiff for the Earl of Northumberland and her family were all Catholics. She was related to several of those involved in the Plot. Her mother, Ursula Wright, was the sister of John and Christopher Wright and sister-in-law of Thomas Percy. Her father was arrested for a while on suspicion of involvement in the Plot. Brought up in a highly religious household under the spiritual guidance of a Jesuit priest, she set her heart on becoming a nun and in 1606 she crossed over to Flanders to enter into a religious order. From 1609, prompted by a series of intense religious experiences, she began to develop more ambitious plans to set up a new community to give religious instruction to young girls from England and also to provide similar guidance within England itself. Between 1616 and 1628 Ward's 'institute' flourished, opening new schools across Europe, but her desire to make it formally part of the Jesuit order was frustrated. Her battle to achieve her ends against strong opposition resulted in an accusation of heresy, a brief period of imprisonment by the Papal inquisition, and a direct appeal to the Pope, which secured some formal status for her institute in 1632. Ward returned to England in 1639 and died in 1645. The institute she founded eventually became The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and still exists. | ||||
