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
Barbara enjoyed working with children and wanted to dedicate her entire life to their service. She credited the realization of her religious vocation to the prayers of the Sisters and the children. Drawn to the School Sisters of Notre Dame “by their sincerity and good example,” Barbara received the Postulant’s veil at St. Vincent’s Home, Tacony, Pa., on Sept. 7, 1965
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.
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
This week, we hope you will watch the NBC interview with Sr Jeanne Christenson of the USCSAHT, take time to learn more about the situation at the U.S. Southern border, register to watch the Condor and the Eagle and ask the US Senate to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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.
