St. Augustine in his rule, which we the School Sisters of Notre Dame have incorporated in our constitution, urges us to honor one another in the community.
In 1982, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) purchased Notre Dame on the Lake, the former campus of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Mequon, Wisconsin.
If you are looking for a true-to-life, inspirational children's book, you will find it in “The Little School of Hope,” written by Sister Mary Dooley, SSND.
In 1983, four Japanese School Sisters of Notre Dame, including Sr. Miriam Kanaya and Sr. Evangela Imamura, were assigned by their leaders in Japan to begin a Nepal mission.
It reads like something out of an adventure film. A brave young sister challenges corrupt government and military officials to save the lives of a very unique family.
Sister Stephanie Spandl recalls how God led her to the place where the deepest desires of her heart – to serve God and serve God’s people – could best be lived out.
From the magazine of the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, "Catholic Transcript," we learn that Father Joshua Wilbur had always wanted to be a music teacher and bring the joy of music to students.
In 1894, the School Sisters of Notre Dame purchased a 21-acre site near the Mississippi River, which they named Sancta Maria in Ripa (St. Mary on the Bank).
As Hospitality/Companion Coordinator for Villa Assumpta in Baltimore, Angie handles the full range of responsibilities needed to keep things running smoothly.
An international delegation from the School Sisters of Notre Dame, including students from SSND schools in Austria, Brazil, Japan and the United States, attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meeting earlier this year in New York City.
In 2018, the National Weather Service (NWS) recognized SSND-sponsored Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for 50 years of service. But the SSND connection actually goes back much farther.
At a community summer gathering of the Canadian Province in 1971, Provincial Leader Sister Rita Ryan informed the sisters about a trip she and Sister Jean Hartleib, provincial councillor, had made to Aroland in northern Ontario, an Indigenous community of approximately six hundred people. The pastor, Father Alec Roland, S.J., had asked for sisters to support his ministry.