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Feast Day 2018
“It was not the greatness of the number of her sisters that delighted Mother Theresa but their inward transformation to the image and likeness of our God.” (Monsignor Huhn, Eulogy for Mother Theresa). Let us continue to be in communion with our God, with each other and with the universe. -
Celebrating 185 Years
Nearly 185 years ago, Blessed Mother Theresa Gerhardinger established a community of women religious dedicated to education. In 1847, she and her sisters were welcomed as teachers in Baltimore, by the German immigrants who had settled there.
News and Events
Sister Eugene Geiger received some very special guests this month. Her great grandnieces, Caroline and Paige – wiggly and pink six-month-old twins - came to Villa Assumpta to meet their great-great-aunt for the first time.
Malala is known worldwide, and now she is known in Caroline House! By Eileen Denny, SSND
Members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Atlantic-Midwest Province living and working in and around the Notre Dame Convent in Waterdown Ontario, Canada are making a difference in the lives of refugees there in a variety of ways,
Mission in Action
Nearly half of our active SSND associates have signed on to the Blue Communities Project. An initiative of The Council of Canadians, the Blue Communities Project provides us with a way to deepen our commitment to support water’s availability and sustainability.
“Deep faith and high courage urged Mother Theresa to risk already meager resources to satisfy needs wherever she was called. In her spirit, we respond to God’s call expressed in our times. …we exclude no one from our concern, but we are especially sensitive to youth and women and are impelled to prefer the poor.” (You Are Sent, C. 24)
Discovering a call to a particular life commitment takes time. It requires honesty with ourselves about our gifts and talents, inclinations and deepest desires. The more we get to know ourselves, the better we are at detecting God’s movement within our hearts.
