By the Transforming Grace Committee: Sisters Nancy Citro, Phyllis D'Anna and Gwynette Proctor, SNDdeN and Michele Forte In November 2023, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) launched the Transforming Grace: The Work of Transformative Justice initiative and invited its members to look at the 2024 U.S. national election campaign through the lens of transformative
By Sister Denise Curry, SNDdeN Following an invitation from Sister Cathy Waldron, SNDdeN to join an anti-racist book club, Sisters and Associates from across the province, East to West, formed the ZOOM Group. We did not all know each other at first, but now, we’re on a mission! Our recent read was “Caste, The Origins
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From June 24 – 27, student leaders from 11 schools from across our learning community came together at Emmanuel College for this year's Student Leadership Conference. More than a hundred students and their teachers and chaperones joined our Sisters for several days of workshops, uplifting speeches, prayer, community service—and a little downtime at a ballgame
By Sister Karen Pozniak, SNDdeN This reflection originally appeared in the Summer 2024 issue of our magazine, Sowing Goodness. Each year, on February 2, Sisters and Associates celebrate the anniversary of the beginnings of our congregation, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN). Julie Billiart, Françoise Blin de Bourdon and Catherine Duchatel made their
A reflection by Sister Kathleen Gallivan, SNDdeN I am grateful for the deep sense of being bonded in heart and Spirit with the Notre Dame world and for the diverse ministries through which we proclaim God’s goodness. The sense of bonding began long before I entered the congregation. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
In 2004, when the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur opened the doors of Notre Dame Cristo Rey in partnership with the Cristo Rey Network, they could only believe and hope that this new innovative education model would be successful.
Laudato Si' Week asks us to reflect on the state of our shared world, our impact upon it, and what we can do to help. We've gathered recent book recommendations from our Sisters for engaging and impactful reads on environmental consciousness. The Better World Shopping Guide – Elis Jones Recommended by Sister Ani Wihbey, SNDdeN
We spoke to some of our Sisters in active ministry to get a sense of the wide range of experiences that religious life contains. These Sisters all work diligently to make known God’s Goodness.
Glimpses of God's Goodness are published for all Sundays and Feast Days at www.sndden.org, the international website of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. March 29, 2024 John 18: 1-19, 42 “Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree…” The words of the black spiritual came
