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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?
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.
On March 31 the Notre Dame Convent community celebrated Sister Bernice Volk’s 100th birthday!
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
Please consider this invitation to an online seminar sponsored by Georgetown University on Thursday, March 26 on "Catholic Social Thought and the Coronavirus Crisis - Moral Principles for Terrible Times"
On this day 1986, You Are Sent, the Revised Constitution and Directory of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, was approved by the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.
For two wonderful years, Betty became more and more involved in parish activities and teaching religious education. She said, “It was then that I realized that God was calling me, not only to the Catholic faith, but also to religious life.”
The Spring issue of the United in Mission newsletter from Ministry Services is out! This issue focuses on the theme of mission leadership in challenging times.
Sister Estelle died at Notre Dame Convent, Waterdown, Canada, on March 7, 2020, 17 days after her 104th birthday. She was in her 83rd year as a SSND.
Become a panelist for The Life, the monthly series from Global Sisters Report about the unique, challenging and very specific lives of women religious around the world.
Membership in the Legion of Mary inspired her devotion, and she prayed unceasingly for guidance and courage. In 1962, “Our Lady really directed me right to her Son and herself, to the SSNDs at Wilton.”
Most Sunday mornings, Patricia Petty takes a bus to Mass at St. Pius X in Rodgers Forge. She was close enough to walk to that liturgy a year ago, but in no shape to do so...
During winter break, teachers Carol Fay and Carmen Quiñones, and students Laura Carbo, Valeria Gonzalez, and Julia Swearer made the trip to learn about the realities of life at the border and the support offered by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sister Roxanne Schares, SSND, General Superior of the congregation, flew in from Africa, where she was on Visitation, to give the keynote address for the meeting.
The Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory 2020 Founders Award was presented to the School Sisters of Notre Dame of the Atlantic-Midwest Province on January 25, 2020.
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