Sister Julie Cecelia was born Mary E. Lyver in Somerville, Mass. to parents Francis W. and Margaret (O'Neill) Lyver. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on February 2, 1948 in Waltham, Mass. Sister Julie earned her BA in Elementary Education from Emmanuel College, as well as an MA in Education from Salem

Since 2013, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and Notre Dame Mission Volunteers have been working with communities in Les Cayes, Haiti. The Boulangerie Notre Dame (Notre Dame Bakery), which includes a cafe, was built to provide training and jobs to families in the area, creating sustainable pathways out of poverty. Income from the