Spirituality and Prayer

Pray With Us

On the World Day of Peace and the Feast of Mary, Our Mother, and Queen of Peace, on January 1, let us recommit our efforts for peace through prayer and action.
​ Praying the ‘Examen’ is a tradition that comes to us from St. Ignatius of Loyola. It invites reflection and a review of a time period that can be done on a daily, weekly, monthly basis, or any other meaningful interval. Often people use it in the evening to review their day. Over time, one may...
The Justice for Immigrants Committee invites you to watch the following video and then consider the suggestions at the end as a way you might reach out to our thousands of brothers and sisters, eyes overflowing with tears, waiting with Christ in the darkness this Advent

In Memoriam

Sister Irene Marie Hughes was educated by SSNDs and found them "joyful and caring.” After her novitiate year, she was sent to Puerto Rico and fell in love with the island, spending 19 years there. Eventually, teaching ESL classes at Caroline House in Bridgeport, she wrote “I found this to the...
Sister Mary Margaret was a dedicated teacher, helping students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago through the years. As a leader of SSND Associates at St Columba she assisted many. Her life of service continued in retirement at Marian Village in Homer Glen, Illinois. May Mary Margaret rest in...
Creative, caring, generous, and perceptive are some of the words used to describe Sister Maria Natividad. For 70 years, Natividad served the SSND mission in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Puerto Rico. No matter the location or service she provided “She was always in the right place at the right time...

"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