We are teachers, administrators and counselors; we are librarians, lawyers and accountants. We are nurses, facilitators and therapists; we are ministers, volunteers and women of prayer. Regardless of where we come from or how we serve, we are all proud members of the Atlantic-Midwest Province.
Our Mission is to proclaim the good news as School Sisters of Notre Dame, directing our entire lives toward that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent. As He was sent to show the Father’s love to the world, we are sent to make Christ visible by our very being, by sharing our love, faith, and hope.
Our Mission is to proclaim the good news as School Sisters of Notre Dame, directing our entire lives toward that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent. As He was sent to show the Father’s love to the world, we are sent to make Christ visible by our very being, by sharing our love, faith, and hope.
-YOU ARE SENT, CONSTITUTION OF THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME
Our Sisters
Sister Shirley Stockus, SSND, worried about her decision to retire from teaching. How would she find a ministry to replace it, and to allow her to share her whole self like teaching had done? Volunteering at a soup kitchen or food pantry was important, but Sister Shirley needed something more. A...
You Are Sent, Laudato Si', and our Chapter Call urge us in various ways toward immersion into the oneness and interdependence of all beings.
It was my first Christmas in Bolivia. Bolivia didn't have snow. It was so poor that it looked the same on Christmas as any other day, except for one place in every home. A table in the front room held a Christmas creche and food and tiny ceramic tchotchkes.