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Elizabeth Johnson CSJ
At the heart of our lackluster response to our planet Earth’s current crisis of sustainability is what Pope Francis describes as a modern anthropocentrism.  Please watch Fordham University’s Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, deliver a lecture, “The Challenge of US” at Boston College Boisi Center for Religion and American Life.
Earth Day is coming (April 22)! Calling All Volunteers! Get ready to come out and show your support for clean communities. Earth Day Network is coordinating volunteer Clean Ups across the U.S. for Earth Day 2019. Join in right here in Baltimore!
Hilda Marie Sutherland arrived at the Institute of Notre Dame (IND) at the age of 17, after discerning a call to religious life with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Over the next six decades, the school would be her home and her place of work.
First in a Series of Five Reflections: During the Province Four Commitments Weekend March 1-3, 2019, we focused our attention on Water, Immigration, Human Trafficking and Haiti by looking through the lens of Integral Ecology.
Sister Margaret Bauer turns 100
As we wish her a happy birthday Sister Margaret Bauer assures us, “Now, my chronological age is 100, but my real age is more like 80.”
This Nuns & Nones movement has been becoming more and more popular, so it was just a matter of time for it to happen in New York City.

CSW63 opened March 11 at UN headquarters in New York. 

On Saturday, February 23, nearly 300 guests joined Catholic Charities South Suburban Regional Advisory Board at the Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor for dinner, live music, and an awards presentation honoring Sister Miriam Patrick Cummings, SSND of Corazón a Corazón.

About 34 participants gathered March 1-3 at Villa Notre Dame for the annual meeting of the Four Commitments.  

March 8th is International Women's Day!  The theme for 2019 is #BalanceforBetter! The campaign runs all year long. It doesn't end on International Women's Day.
Our Sisters have been a very rich part of the history of women in America.
Four teachers from our sponsored ministry Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, New Jersey, traveled to Douglas, Arizona, Feb. 17-22, for an immersion experience with School Sisters of Notre Dame who minister on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Congratulations to AHA student Kait Lack! “I am very excited to have the opportunity to experience the World Championship of Dance with the Rutgers Dance Team."
As a refugee forced to flee from conflict Dr. Mireille Twayigira’s story is one of survival and resilience. She speaks as part of the Full of Hope Tour
Sisters Mary Goretty Aboge from Gambia, Monika Ulrik from Hungary, Teresinha Dorigon from Brazil and Sharon Kanis from our province recently returned from a two-week seminar in Rome on interculturality.
Designated by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General, the International Day of Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking invites us to advocacy and remembrance for victims and survivors.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She became renowned for her refusal to change bus seats to allow a white person to sit.
Elm Grove, Wisconsin was the place to be January 19 – 21. Six inches of snow, temps below 0 and a Wolf Blood Moon arising. Amidst all that, the Initial Personal Development in Community Committee had a fruitful meeting.
During Black History Month, we celebrate the promotion of positive values of African American leadership through advocacy, through professional life, and through the arts.