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As the people of the United States await the outcome of national elections, it is helpful to find community and solidarity with others. Many Thanks to Sister Arlene Flaherty for providing this list of Prayerful Events for the post-election days.
Baltimore area residents interested in the School Sisters of Notre Dame Associate Program are invited to a brief information session via Zoom.
Vocations Prayer
It's National Vocation Awareness Week in the United States. Please pray with us and for us as we seek and journey with young adults discerning God's call. How is God calling you?
Cathly Schoonover
Here is our Week three winners! Congratulations to all and make sure to get in for the last week of drawings!
Do you have young people in your life who would like to “Pray With Us” in an online evening prayer series? Our Vocation Team’s newest creative effort to connect with young adults in these times of very few face-to-face encounters.
Sr. Charmaine drew our week 1 winners! Congratulations to all, and there is still time to join in the fun Drawings are every Friday in October.
Our province celebrates Thanksgiving Day with our Sisters, associates and staff in and from the US. We give God praise and thanks for all we have received and pray in gratitude for the abundant blessings bestowed upon us, our family, friends and congregation.
The Covid-19 pandemic provides the backdrop for Fratelli Tutti as a sign of the times that has highlighted and exacerbated systemic injustices, revealing the fundamental interconnectedness of human beings, along with our willful fragmentation and dissonance.
Sister Rosemary was a fiercely independent, no nonsense woman, Because she loved and enjoyed life, Rosemary believed that you should “get on with it” and live your life.
...that Sister Limeteze Pierre-Gilles from the Atlantic-Midwest Province has been selected to participate in the USA National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC) Convocation in October?
During this 2020 Season of Creation (Sept. 1- Oct. 4), take some time to read, and reflect on these Season of Creation resources! Provided by the JPIC office. 
This is the second of The Catholic Climate Movements four webinars to take place during the Season of Creation. We will hear from leaders across the African continent about the morality of investing in the fossil fuel industry and the work to ensure clean energy for a more life-giving future. 
As the September 1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation kicks off the month-long Season of Creation, Pope Francis offers a profound reflection on respect for the earth, its resources, the evils caused by man and the need for "restorative justice" such as debt cancellation for poor countries.  
In 1978 she moved to Thunder Bay, where she took an addiction counseling course which qualified her as an addiction counselor at St. Joseph Treatment Centre in North Bay.
“As members of an international congregation, [the School Sisters of Notre Dame] recognize their obligation and opportunities to develop a world vision and a sense of global responsibility.” (YAS, C 26)   
Mother Caroline Friess
We remember gratefully her life and her life's work as she faithfully discerned God's dream for German immigrant children back in her time. We marvel at her vivaciousness and perseverance with which she established schools in North America, to meet the needs of her time and the deep love and care for the sisters that surrounded her.
The exploration of the Assembly theme, “God’s Infinite Vision: Our Journey to the Borders and Beyond,” has taken on a new urgency because of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and the increasing reality of racism.
In 1983, Sister Clara directed occupational therapy activities at Villa Assumpta, then became director of the Hobby Room. There she engaged the Sisters in activities designed for each one according to her talents.
Iris Ann attended high school at the Institute of Notre Dame. At this time she made “the final decision” to enter the School Sisters of Notre Dame she felt that “God wished her to come to Notre Dame and live her life for Him.”
So far, more than 3,000 people have committed to the Season of Creation. Thousands of our sisters and brothers are choosing action rather than despair, hope rather than gloom. Let us spread the word and commit to the Season of Creation!