Pray With Us
Several SSNDs will share reflections here throughout this Advent season. New reflections will be added each week. Enjoy!
The Shalom International Network and the Congregational Communications and Technology Team hosted a prayer service from Mother Theresa’s tomb on Sunday, November 17, at 7:30 pm (Rome time) for about 30 minutes commemorating the World Day of the Poor and Blessed Theresa’s Beatification Day. If you...
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.
In Memoriam
Sister Mariella loved people and helping them shine, a student wrote of her "You simply made learning fun which is so important for the development of any child." At her service, Sister Lorraine Burns spoke of Mariella’s 76 years as an SSND ending with words from You Are Sent that Mariella had...
In keeping with the loving spirit that Sister Henry fostered in her many years of service, Sister was nominated by the Archdiocese of Newark for the NCEA Distinguished Principal Award. Part of John Street in Secaucus was named for her on Arbor Day in 2001. And in 1998, the Jubilee medal Pro Meritus...
After a teaching and administration in numerous schools, Sister Ellen volunteered to experience the life of migrants who were working near Warwick, New York (1987). Later, she shared “The contrast between the beautiful, fertile farmlands, and the hard labor and poor dwellings of the migrant workers...
"Prayer is true heavenly food and nourishment for the soul, which will starve without it. It is a remedy for the sick who desire to recover again, joy for the afflicted, strength for the weak, medicine for sinners, delight for the just, mutual support for the entire church.”
-BLESSED THERESA GERHARDINGER
