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Under the COVID-19 quarantine Marian Village continues to follow the guidelines. However they did recently find a way to recognize their Jubilarians Sister Marlene Panko (60th Jubilee) and Sister Jenny VandenBergh (70th Jubilee) with a small celebration.
Stand With Immigrants
Across faith traditions, we believe that all people have inherent dignity and are deserving of basic human rights. When our government violates these human rights, we must speak up.
Paul Winter - from website
"Paul Winter’s 25th annual Summer Solstice Celebration will be live-streamed from the “cathedral loft” of his barn in the hills of Northwest Connecticut, to welcome the first sunrise of summer on the longest day of the year.
Webinar with Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker
We are pleased to offer a recording of our May 7th Webinar "Responding to Our Climate Crisis on the Anniversaries of Earth Day  and Laudato Si’” with Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker of the Yale University Forum on Religion and Ecology
Today is International Biodiversity Day! Take a moment to watch a wonderful animation on biodiversity and the beauty of our interconnected world we live in #LaudatoSi5
Blessed Mother Theresa
Welcome to this time together as we commemorate the Feast Day of Mother Theresa.
A special Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and mother figures in our lives, on earth and in heaven!
African Violets
Thank you to the Associates from all of the Sisters at the Villa who received a note and blooming African violet from the Associates!
It is with great sadness that we we confirm that this school year will be the last for The Institute of Notre Dame (IND). Founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame upon our congregation’s arrival in America, IND will officially close on June 30, 2020.
The 2020 Jubilee Board at Villa Notre Dame, composed by Sr. Justine Nutz, honors our 42 living AM Jubilarians and four who recently said a final YES to God: Clara Hounsell, Irene Scarola, Mary Bann, and Betty Rosser.
Shalom News North America  - An instrument of hope, formation, and action concerning priority matters of social justice. This month learn about Pollution and COIVD-19, the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si', the Justice for Immigrants campaign and more.
Dorothy Day in 1970 (Bob Fitch Photo Archive © Stanford University Libraries)
Also during the month of May, we celebrate the anniversary of The Catholic Worker Movement. Celebrate by watching a new film about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement.    
2020 is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and the 5th Anniversary of Laudato Si!  Let us pause and ask how consciously connected are we to our planet and Earth’s community of life?
Rhododendrites / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
For the past several weeks, we have been waiting for a ruling by the Supreme Court regarding President Trump’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals ( DACA) decision.
Sister Bernice Volk
On March 31 the Notre Dame Convent community celebrated Sister Bernice Volk’s 100th birthday!
Sister Marie Dolores Schneggenburger
Marie Dolores was 18 when she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Baltimore; she and four of her five sisters were SSNDs. Sister Marie Dolores ministered as a teacher for more than three decades in Catholic schools.
May the hearts of those who have enough be open to filling the empty hands of those who do not have the basic necessities. Pope Francis
By February 1995, Mona began to minister in a particular way to God’s beloved at Good Counsel Homes, “a private Catholic Agency whose mission is to help homeless, pregnant women by providing a loving, family environment in a safe and secure shelter.”
I never want this to be the new normal, that when we are in the greatest need we need the greatest distance.
The coronavirus poses a new threat to asylum seekers in detention centers and in crowded camps, writes Kathleen Bonnette