Blessed Season of Thanks!
No angel is able to count the blessings which even on a single day God gives. Blessed Theresa Gerhardinger
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Our Sisters Have Been Transforming Lives for 185 Years
In honor of 185 years of ministry, reflections, essays and articles by and about sisters are featured here daily throughout the year. We invite you to share a memory or note about how SSND has touched your life. Please click for more. -
185 Years of Faith
As we celebrate the 185th year of the founding of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. May each one of us be inspired to rededicate our lives to the charism imparted to us by our foundress, Mother Theresa of Jesus. May we as a province and as a congregation faithfully follow the example of Mother Theresa who placed her trust and hope in God.
News
Pope Francis reflects on Psalm 34:7, “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him.”
He challenges us to use the World Day of the Poor as an opportunity to make an examination of conscience and consider whether we truly do hear the cry of the poor.
The best part of the day was by common consent the community worship at Mass. Here the liturgical renewal blended with Native culture: the altar cloth was of soft leather decorated with colorful Indian beadwork and a carved crucifix representing Christ as Indian, a Warrior God.
Growing up on the farm was a great experience for a child. There were plenty of exciting things to do, always in company of numerous playmates: brother and sisters, cousins, and neighbors. Religion was an integral part of that life.
Events
In honor of the 185th Anniversary of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, we challenge you to help reach our goal of $185,000 to support care for our aging sisters and our transformative educational ministries. To accept the challenge, click here.
Mission in Action
Please click to see the latest installment of the Human Trafficking Committee’s series on child labor, written by S. Ethel Howley, and remember to raise your voter voice to demand dignified and just treatment for migrant people seeking refuge in the United States.
Being protected, cared for, loved are essential to the life of the human being. We need to welcome our children, with all love in our hearts, and to take good care of them, because they are for us signs of joy, blessing, grace and the presence of God in our midst.
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.
