The native of Bray, Co Wicklow served in India from 1956 and has been honoured for her work helping disadvantaged children to get schooling
When it came to her model for inclusive schooling, she recalled how “the [Indian] government said if the Loretos can do it, we can do it.” Since 2010 the 25 per cent quota for disadvantaged students, which she began in Kalkata, is compulsory for all private schools in India’s under its Right to Education Act. It guarantees free and compulsory education to all children aged three to 14.
In 2007 she was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the Indian government, one of that country’s highest civilian honours and in 2013 President Michael D Higgins presented her with a distinguished service award, one of Ireland’s highest awards. Sr Orla Treacy , a Loreto nun also from Bray, who built and is director of a primary and secondary school, as well as a healthcare centre, at Rumbek in South Sudan, described Sr Mooney as “an incredible missionary. She opened her school doors to the street children in Kolkata and inspired other schools to do the same. She challenged us as Loreto Sisters to serve the poorest of the poor in our schools.
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