An Amazing Grace
As African women religious, we have nurtured a certain attentiveness towards living out our SSND foundational values with an African flavor.
Sisters' Stories
"X-Ray of the 1970 African Departure" Revisited
A brief encounter brought me back nearly fifty years ago to when I was a young SSND at St. Saviour Convent in Brooklyn. It was from that convent that the very first School Sisters of Notre Dame went to Africa.
Video: SSND Educational Vision, Part 1 – The Early Story
The story begins in the very small town of Stadtamhof, near Regensburg, Bavaria in 1833, with a little girl named Carolina Gerhardinger.
Charism: Gift and Challenge
Our constitution, "You Are Sent," details what we believe it means to be an SSND at this time in history.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame’s Domestic and International Points of Light
Germany -> Baltimore, Maryland -> Camden, New Jersey -> Camelot -> San Antonio, Texas -> Bolivia and beyond
School Sisters of Notre Dame in Japan
Four School Sisters of Notre Dame and Sister Evangela Wagner, Provincial Leader, arrived at the airport in Tokyo, Japan, on November 28, 1948.
Life at Villa Assumpta Circa 1961
Villa Assumpta is still an integral location for our Province, housing the offices of the Provincial Council and much of the Mission and Ministry team.
The Feast of Saint Nicholas Celebration!
When the Holy Angels students who participated in this year’s celebration were about to return to New Jersey, the children wished them a safe trip by singing the Blessing of Mother Theresa Gerhardinger, foundress of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
In Loving Memory of Sister M. Antoine Daniel Knipfing
My Aunt Elizabeth, Sister M. Antoine Daniel Knipfing, was a School Sister of Notre Dame in the Baltimore/Wilton Province.
Lending a Helping Hand: St. Augustine Wellston Center
The Wellston Center uses a thrift store-model in order to generate money for a food pantry, health and social services and support for individuals in the community.
185 Year Anniversary and Chicago Donor Day Celebration!
The Sisters celebrated 185 years with joy and gratitude on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at St. Margaret of Scotland Church.
Christmas Traditions in the Central Pacific Province
Special traditions bring the Christmas spirit to our sisters in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mississippi and St. Louis.
A Fire in Wilton
The chapel fire broke out on Thursday, January 7, 1988, at one o’clock in the afternoon.
SSNDs Serve Travelers at the Border
For five days during Thanksgiving week, our SSND community of four from Douglas, Arizona, was privileged to serve families in transit from the border to sponsors all over the U.S.
Happy Are the Grateful
Few of us stop to think that being made to say "thank you" was perhaps our first bit of conscious acculturation. Becoming civilized was and is a matter of nurture, not nature.
The "Catholic Spirit" of Mother Caroline
Father Peter Mathias Abbelen, Father Spiritual of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in North America, and confidante of Mother Caroline, wrote an account of her life shortly after her death.
We Walk By Faith
One is not able to appreciate the full measure of her blessing until she encounters another person’s experience.
How SSND Mission, Vision and Values Influence Sisters Academy – One Girl at a Time
Sisters Academy of Baltimore (SAB) is the youngest of all SSND ministries in the province, established in 2004 and sponsored together with three other congregations.
SSND Christmas in 1960s Charleston
Our Christmas within the convent is a very wonderful time. Our bishop goes from convent to convent during the Christmas holidays, says Mass in the convent chapel, and afterwards stays for breakfast and a chat.
SSNDs at St. Saviour Schools in Brooklyn
I graduated from St. Saviour Grammar School in Brooklyn, NY, on June 25, 1950 and from St. Saviour High School in Brooklyn in June 1954.
We Call Her Blessed
Who is this woman with "Blessed" before her name - the subject of invocations, press releases, homilies and an image on medals and holy cards?
I Love the Sisters!
First grade at Notre Dame Preparatory School in 1938 was so exciting! We curtseyed to the Sisters, went swimming each week, and learned to follow directions.
Remembering Sister Caia Etzkorn
Sister Caia was responsible for opening the third mission in Canada - St. Mary’s in Kitchener, Ontario.
A Pilgrim Remembers
From North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia we came, pilgrim travelers gathering in Rome for the beatification ceremony of our congregation's foundress.
