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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.
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An Adventure To Remember
Purchase one ticket for $35 or five tickets for $150...Sponsor Signage is $100 - The Drawing is on June 26th
All proceeds will benefit SSND educational ministries and the care for elderly sisters.
News and Events
Dear Friends of the School Sisters of Notre Dame,
As you know, a new immigration policy implemented by the administration of the White House in May has led to a significant increase in migrant children being separated from their families.
On a sunny Sunday afternoon on June 10, former students of Notre Dame Academy in Waterdown, eagerly arrived with yearbooks in hand, wearing their graduation rings and Notre Dame Academy pins. Teachers greeted the now, adult women, and, for some, checked name tags.
This year I can claim that I have been a School Sister of Notre Dame for 65 years. For over 50 years I worked as a “House Sister.” So now that I am retired people ask, “As an SSND – what did you teach?” I answer “The Sisters had to eat, too.”
Mission in Action
June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to remember the courage and resilience of the millions forced to flee their homes. Over 65 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes; over 22 million of these are refugees; the remainder are displaced within their countries.
World Environment Day is on June 5, with the theme: “They (the rainforests) were fine before us, now they need us,” inviting us to save the rainforests of the world by less consumerism and protecting “the lungs of our planet.”
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.
