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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
May has been a big month for Sister Mary Ann Tontalo, who celebrated her 104th birthday on May 1 and her 70th Jubilee on May 5. On the occasion of her 100th birthday, she shared the following about how she came to join the School Sisters of Notre Dame and the missions to which this decision has lead her:
“At the early age of five, I was taken by my saintly mother to St. James School where I learned to love and admire the good sisters. This love and admiration grew with the years and my only desire was ‘to be a sister’. On the day of my First Holy Communion I begged our dear Lord to give me the grace of a religious vocation and I felt He had answered my prayers.”
Sister Mary Foley, celebrated her Golden Jubilee as a School Sister of Notre Dame May 9th, and the State of New Jersey, County of Bergen, and Borough of Demarest all declared it Sister Mary Foley Day in honor of S. Mary’s numerous contributions to people throughout the world.
Mission in Action
Please click here for a resource from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, called “Pentecost People: Called to be Advocates,” and to read about the collaboration of police and Women Religious in the global fight against human trafficking. In addition, find links for advocacy campaigns, Haitian recipes to celebrate Haiti’s Flag Day, and a link to register for an eco-justice program.
“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.
