SSND Associate: Sue Connell Muth
“Gratitude for what the School Sisters of Notre Dame did for me is the motivation for accepting the invitation to become an Associate.”
–Sue Muth
Become an Associate
SSND Associate: Carol and Bruce Sheldon
“The Sisters strive for unity and peace and that touches us quite deeply.”
-Carol Sheldon
SSND Associate: Donna Schissler
“It gives me another branch of my spirituality.”
-Donna Schissler
SSND Associate: Peggy Russell
“Sister Alfred, who became a dear friend, introduced poetry and taught us to use it for calming and slipping into another world.”
-Peggy Russell
SSND Associate: Karen Didier
“Everybody has their own gifts to offer. If you keep them inside you then you’re not helping people you encounter. That’s what I’m reminded of as an Associate.”
-Karen Didier
SSND Associate: Jean Fredricks
“The sisters and I have the unique opportunity to foster Mother Theresa’s charism that ‘all will be one’”
-Jean Fredricks
SSND Associate: Suzanne Blackburn
"I had a notion that Associates supported sisters in their living of the charism. I remember the day it dawned on me that the charism was for me, too.”
-Suzanne Blackburn
SSND Associate: Libby Keady
“I do know, for sure, that the times in my life that I’ve been the strongest have been when I’ve been close to the sisters and inspired by them.”
-Libby Keady
SSND Associate: Mary Gunning
“I have a group of women and men that I can come together with for sharing and also for matters around social awareness.”
-Mary Gunning
SSND Associate: Josh Wilbur
“The prayerful support you get from the sisters and you give to them is very rewarding.”
-Josh Wilbur
How to become an Associate
If you are interested in becoming an SSND Associate, you may begin by expressing your interest to Suzanne Blackburn, our Directors of Associates, or to any SSND or SSND Associate.
What does it mean to be an Associate?
As an SSND Associate you will become part of a group of women and men who are connected to the spirit and vision of Blessed Theresa of Jesus as embodied in the living community of School Sisters of Notre Dame in the world today.
Who can be an Associate?
Associates and Sisters enrich and challenge each another to share their gifts, their faith lives and a commitment to risk in faith as people of peace, hope, justice and love.
