April is National Poetry Month
Each week for the month of April we will highlight a poem written by an SSND. Have a favorite or suggestion you would like included? Email Daniel Staples at dstaples@amssnd.org.
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Become an Associate
Do you feel called to grow in your relationship with God, be part of a great community and give of yourself to many great causes?
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Racism and the Four Commitments
The four commitments of the AMSSND province—universal access to clean water, justice for immigrants, the end of human trafficking, and sustainable development in Haiti—are interwoven in a variety of ways. One critical link between them is racism.
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Pray with our Sisters
We offer the following prayers, reflections and resources as a source of encouragement and support in the spirit of oneness with our God and with one another as all humanity copes with this global pandemic.
News
On Saturday, April 10, 2021, the Associates of Southern Ontario hosted a Zoom gathering to learn more about the concept of Cosmology, the topic of the second video in the Integral Vision Video series. Twenty-four Associates and Sisters Zoomed in from around the province including Ontario, Saskatchewan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Florida.
Sister Mary Vincenza focused on Catechetics and especially loved working with teenagers and families. In her long career she published two books and worked with hundreds of people while presenting faculty retreat days for Catholic Schools, and setting up parish religious education, and youth ministry programs. Her good works will live on.
The Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the Parliament of World Religions invite you to join this conversation on biodiversity with Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, Dr. Jane Goodall, and other community leaders.
During this unprecedented time, AMSSND is taking measures to uphold the health and well-being of our entire community. Online gifts will be processed but our ability to mail paper receipts and acknowledgement letters will be delayed. We deeply appreciate your gift and we thank you for your patience.
Mission in Action
On March 22, 2021, the SSND community, and the Human Trafficking Committee in particular, lost a valued member with the death of Sister Maureen Michael Byrne. Maureen Michael was an artist and teacher who strove to develop the unique talents of each of her students. She brought that type of concern for individuals to her work on Human Trafficking.
The Directional Statement and the Shalom – Focus and Commitments, 2018-2021, continue to shape the initiatives of Shalom and the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Europe and worldwide especially since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Founded in Germany by Blessed Theresa Gerhardinger, School Sisters of Notre Dame are a vibrant international congregation of vowed apostolic women living and ministering in 30 countries.
