Help us remember our Sisters by sharing a story about a Sister who touched your life, or making a gift in their honor.
Sister Hildie’s life and IND are forever intertwined. For over 60 years, Sister was the heart of IND. Hildie’s deep sense of service led her and Hildie’s Helpers, the IND student outreach program, to provide food and clothing to those in need.
Rose Mary was foremost a religious woman who became a teacher, writer, counselor and spiritual director. Her qualities of honesty and openness endeared her to others. Rose Mary was a woman of wisdom and gentle humility. She had a hunger for God and a deep sense of the spiritual.
Mary was an activist who spoke out for Catholic feminist theologians. She lobbied for full rights for women in the Church. She received the 1986 National Women’s Ordination Conference award as a prophetic figure who contributed to the enablement of women.
In death, we say our ultimate human yes to God. Trusting in God’s power to bring us to the fullness of life, we conclude our earthly life with an act of worship: in the action of death we proclaim God as God, and ourselves as God’s creatures. We are called by God and sent by the community; we go in joy!
- You Are Sent, Constitution of the School Sisters of Notre Dame
