Dolores Walsh - My Favorite Sister
I attended the Institute of Notre Dame, graduating in 1965. One of my favorite teachers was Sister Mary Etto.
Sisters' Stories
Sisters Helping Asylum Seekers in Uncertain Times
Eight congregations of sisters and more than 40 volunteers help people seeking asylum find their way through A.W.E. services.
New Beginnings By Sisters Gabriel Roeder and Virginia Brien
On one fine day in January of 1981, three School Sisters of Notre Dame set out to answer the call to go to the frontiers to share the Good News.
Sister Barbara Valuckas - Lithuania - A Tale of Three Jubilees
It was 1983 and I was in retreat preparing for my Silver Jubilee
Sister Rita White - Ministry in South America
From 1968 – 1972, I ministered in La Paz, Bolivia as principal of a school in a very poor rural area. In 1979, I was asked to open a new mission with Sister Martin de Porres Kimpel at Via El Salvador in south Lima, Peru.
SSND alum, Biagio Arpino receives NCEA Lead. Learn. Proclaim Award!
In April 2018, Mr. Biagio Arpino was presented with the 2018 Lead. Learn. Proclaim Award from the National Catholic Education Association for his dedication and commitment to excellence.
Villa Assumpta knitting and crochet group
Many young unwed mothers in the Baltimore area are the grateful recipients of beautiful hand-crocheted baby blankets created by a group of sisters who gather weekly at Villa Assumpta.
Sister John de Matha Bersch - Engaging the sacred through art
“It was on April 28, 1916 when the World War was still spreading destruction and desolation that I, Marianne Margaret Bersch, came into existence.” And so begins Sister John de Matha Bersch autobiography.
Sister Deborah Cerullo - God is Enough for Us
Looking back on my first year in provincial leadership, I am reminded of the reflection I wrote at the end of my novitiate when asked the question, “What do the vows mean to me?” I had studied the sections in "You Are Sent" that spoke of our vowed commitment and was poised to go out into the world to actually live them. What little I knew, but how great was my idealism and commitment!
Sister Mary Ellen Dougherty - Spiritual Director as Learner
Forty years ago a sister in my religious community asked me, "Why is it that people who are always talking about prayer and spiritual matters show no interest in social justice?" I wanted to ask her, just as pointedly, "Why is it that people who are always talking about justice causes show no interest in prayer or spiritual matters?" But I did not. Instead, I became enlisted in one of her causes. This has changed my way of seeing the world and myself in the world. It also influenced the way I view spiritual direction.
Sister Cathy Bonfield - A Chance Encounter
In August 2017, as I was hurrying to get my classroom ready for my forty-ninth year of teaching, I saw a young Hispanic woman cleaning at our school in Sarasota, Florida.
Sisters' Stories - Pamela Jablon, SSND-Jubilarian
We begin the 185th anniversary celebration of School Sisters of Notre Dame this week with a reflection from Sister Pam Jablon, who is celebrating her golden jubilee. She shares "As I reflect on my 50 years as a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, I feel abundantly blessed in my ministries: as an educator, administrator, and spiritual director/retreat director".
