SSND Founded Schools and Co-Sponsored Ministries

Sponsored ministries are organizations in which SSND is the sole sponsoring congregation.

Co-Sponsored Ministries are one of the ways SSND fulfils its mission and implements its educational vision.

Co-Sponsored Middle Schools

Mother Seton Academy
- A middle school for low-income boys and girls in Baltimore, MD - https://mothersetonacademy.org/
Sisters Academy of Baltimore
- A middle school for low-income girls in Baltimore, MD - https://www.sistersacademy.org/

University of Notre Dame of Maryland

The SSNDs established College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1895 as the first Catholic college for women in the United States to award the four-year baccalaureate degree. Learn more about Notre Dame of Maryland University's undergraduate and graduate programs for women (and men) in Baltimore, MD at https://www.ndm.edu

Notre Dame Preparatory School

At NDP - Service Faith and Habitat for Humanity

Over the weekend, NDP juniors and seniors participated in two builds for Habitat for Humanity, one in Havre de Grace, Maryland, the other in Aberdeen, Maryland. As they were pouring concrete and varnishing a deck, the girls helped transform houses that will soon become homes.

NDP Foundation Day Celebration 2023

On Tuesday, October 24, students, faculty, and staff came together for a special Foundation Day liturgy marking the 190th anniversary of the founding the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND). This celebration was especially meaningful, as it was held during NDP’s 150th Anniversary year.

Happy Birthday Notre Dame Prep

NDP Celebrates 150 Years of Educating Women to Transform the World with a Weekend’s Worth of Activities!

Academy of the Holy Angels

Academy of Holy Angels Alumnae Weekend

On Alumnae Weekend 2023, the Academy of the Holy Angels’ Classes of 1948, 1968, 1973, 1978, and 1983 reunited for landmark anniversaries. The two-day celebration also drew enthusiastic alumnae from many different classes and several states.

News from AHA- Week of November 6th 2023

Keep up with news from Notre Dame Prep! This week news on Operation Smile, Angels showing excellence in sports and and Jacqueline Garcia bringing water wells to women in Burkina Faso.

Sister Catherine Green Kindness Award 2023

For the first time, students from AHA Middle School received the Academy’s Sister Catherine Green Kindness Award alongside students from AHA Upper School. Students who receive this award continue the abiding kindness for which S. Catherine Green, SSND, was known.

Notre Dame of Maryland

Florida Spring Break Service Experience with NDMU Students

Two Notre Dame of Maryland University students, Helen Contreras and Judith Oyedele, and myself flew to Florida for an “alternative” spring break experience. We were not going for the ‘partying’ beach scene at spring break (although we got to the...

Sister Linda Stilling with NDMU students

Leadership and social responsibility in the SSND tradition

“One of the things that I have valued the most during my 18 years at Notre Dame is having the opportunity to learn from the School Sisters of Notre Dame as they live the mission of our institution, developing and promoting leadership and a sense of social responsibility in members of our Notre Dame...

SSND Associate: Donna Schissler

“It gives me another branch of my spirituality.” -Donna Schissler

Institute of Notre Dame Alumnae News

Founded in 1833 with the belief that education of girls is the foundation for a healthy society, the School Sisters of Notre Dame in the Atlantic Midwest Province continues
to sponsor young people's education.