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Disrupting Darkness at Waterdown and Villa Assumpta

Sisters, Associates and Colleagues who live at or near Villa Assumpta, Baltimore, MD, and Waterdown, Ontario, Canada, are invited to participate in-person at an Advent Reflection and dialogue series.

Prayer for All Souls Day

By Sister Pat Ferrick, SSND

Merciful Father,

On this day, we are called to remember those who have died,

Particularly those who have died in the past year,

Greetings to the Natural World

Giving thanks is an enduring tradition among Indigenous peoples. The Haudenosaunee recite this Thanksgiving address at community gatherings throughout the year.

Laudato Si’ – A Christian Prayer in Union With Creation

Prayer at the end of Laudato Si’: …Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love...

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Happy Feast Day!

We celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15. The School Sisters of Notre Dame are dedicated to Mary whose spirit is alive in the prayer, life and service of sisters, associates, staff, and volunteers. Please enjoy this resource for reflection and prayer.

Laudato Si’ – A Christian Prayer in Union With Creation

…Son of God, Jesus, through you all things were made.

Laudato Si' - Prayer for the Earth, Continued

Pope Francis's Prayer for the Earth at the end of Laudato Si': …Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth.

Laudato Si' - Prayer for the Earth

Pope Francis's Prayer for the Earth at the end of Laudato Si': Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one. O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.

You Are Invited - Please Join Us in Prayer

You are invited to participate in a special time of prayer during the Assembly. Please mark your calendars for Friday, August 16, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT With the entire LCWR, we invite and encourage you to join the approximately 700 leaders of congregations of women religious for a one-hour live-streamed contemplative prayer experience, “Who Then Shall We Be? A Contemplative Prayer for the World.”

Will We Pass the Test of Time?

There is a season … a time. Time and again we gather as a community to reflect about our purpose. We are surrounded by time whether we wear watches or not. We’ve got time on our hands. What time is it?

Laudato Si’ - The Trinity and the Relationship Between Creatures

239, 240. For Christians, believing in one God who is trinitarian communion suggests that the Trinity has left its mark on all creation… The human person grows more, matures more and is sanctified more to the extent that he or she enters into relationships, going out from themselves to live in communion with God, with others and with all creatures. In this way, they make their own that trinitarian dynamism which God imprinted in them when they were created.

Laudato Si’ - Sacramental Signs and the Celebration of Rest

237. On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has special importance. Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationships with God, with ourselves, with others and with the world. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, the “first day” of the new creation, whose first fruits are the Lord’s risen humanity, the pledge of the final transfiguration of all created reality.

Laudato Si’ - Sacramental Signs and the Celebration of Rest

236. In the Eucharist, fullness is already achieved; it is the living center of the universe, the overflowing core of love and of inexhaustible life. Joined to the incarnate Son, present in the Eucharist, the whole cosmos gives thanks to God.

Novena to Blessed Sister Maria Antonina Kratochwil

Join us in this novena to Blessed Sister Maria Antonina, a Patron of Shalom. June 12th is the feast day she shares with the 108 Polish Martyrs of World War II.

Laudato Si’ - Sacramental Signs and the Celebration of Rest

234. Saint John of the Cross taught that all the goodness present in the realities and experiences of this world“ is present in God eminently and infinitely, or more properly, in each of these sublime realities is God”. [161] This is not because the finite things of this world are really divine, but because the mystic experiences the intimate connection between God and all beings, and thus feels that “all things are God”.

National Gun Violence Awareness Day - June 7th

National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Gun violence hurts families, communities, all of us. Together, we can make a difference. You can join in a Vigil or pray a Novena against gun violence provided by the Nuns Against Gun Violence.

Prayer for Peace in the World

Immaculate Heart of Mary, help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths toward the future.

A Pentecost Art Trio

Sister Justine Nutz, SSND

It was a joy and privilege to create a trio of Pentecost art for reflection and enjoyment of the Sisters and other residents at The Watermark.

Keep This Day with Joy

By Sister Delia Calis, SSND

Augustine speaks often of the inner power of the Holy Spirit, both within each person, individually, and within the Church. as the Body of Christ. In celebration of Pentecost, I'd like to share some of his reflections and prayers.

The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things

By Sister Sharon Kanis, SSND

The Holy Spirit is not white.

She is gray.

Flames of New Life

By Sister Marcianne Bzdon, SSND

Birthdays! I love birthdays, celebrating my own and those of others!

Sent Forth in the Spirit

By Sister Mary Roy Weiss, SSND

In the early months of 2020, the theme for the 8th grade closing ceremony at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, Maryland was chosen: “Sent Forth in the Spirit.”

Join Live Prayer Service from Mother Theresa's Tomb

A prayer service on Thursday, May 9 will be live from Blessed Mother Theresa’s tomb in Munich, Germany, beginning at 1:00 EST (7:00 pm Munich time). It will last approximately 20 minutes. It will be recorded and will be available later on Gerhardinger.org.

Easter Transformation

Enjoy Sister Delia Callis' beautiful Easter poem: "I wait with Mary in stillness, peace and hope/I wait with her for hard lifeless seeds to sprout, be nourished, grow to fullness,/bearing fruit a hundred-fold."

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