Sisters' Stories - Celebrating 185 years of ministry

In honor of our Foundation Day on October 24 we are sharing stories from and/or about our amazing SSND Sisters.

We invite you to help us continue to tell the stories of our Sisters this anniversary year by sharing a memory, a note about how a SSND has touched your life, or perhaps how you or your ministry are living the SSND charism. Reflections, essays and articles by and about sisters will now be featured weekly and will continue to be highlighted on our website as they come in. Please send us your submissions to comm@amssnd.org.

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.

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Charism: Gift and Challenge

Our constitution, "You Are Sent," details what we believe it means to be an SSND at this time in history.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.