Spirituality and Prayer

Pray With Us

The Generalate Community prays daily during Advent for a particular province, group, or global concern. Each member of the Generalate Community composes a prayer for an intention and prays it on the specified day during the Eucharistic celebration.
Foundation Day 2022
To help celebrate Foundation Day tomorrow, Ministry Services, in collaboration with Sister Harriet Schnurr, SSND, prepared this year’s prayer. May our prayer in communion with the entire congregation increase the Circulation of Love.
"I am well aware that this Message comes to you at a difficult time: the pandemic swept down on us like an unexpected and furious storm; it has been a time of trial for everyone, but especially for us elderly persons. Many of us fell ill, others died or experienced the death of spouses or loved...

In Memoriam

Sister Raymunda was an excellent teacher, her dramatic way of teaching had students jumping out of their seats to answer her questions. She was successful with kids of all abilities, loved and enjoyed by them. Let us imagine her passionate entry into Heaven and ask her to give us a share of her...
Sister Helen Mary was a leader who encouraged and comforted Sisters. Of her leadership in community, she wrote "Working with the Sisters was a privilege. I found the experience of assisting the ill, the sick, and the infirm very rewarding, a  life-giving experience. I tried to find the little...
Barbara enjoyed working with children and wanted to dedicate her entire life to their service. She credited the realization of her religious vocation to the prayers of the Sisters and the children. Drawn to the School Sisters of Notre Dame “by their sincerity and good example,” Barbara received the...

"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