Last week, school leaders and their senior leadership teams from the U.S. East-West and Ohio Provinces of the SNDdeN network gathered in Cincinnati for the annual SNDdeN School Leaders Conference. The event featured two engaging keynote sessions, thought-provoking workshops, tours of the Ohio Province Center, including the Sister Dorothy Stang Room and Museum, Photovoltaic Learning
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are called to action to be women of justice and peace. Through our ministries, from education and public health advocacy, to working with asylum seekers and beyond, we work to stand with those in need. Will you help us #BetheGood on Giving Tuesday? Consider adding us Giving Tuesday
By Sister Mary Alice McCabe, SNDdeN To speak of the Spirituality Center in Ipswich, we must begin by contemplating and thanking the creator for this magnificent piece of creation. The Center, located on God's gift of an ecosystem of hills, ponds, woods, salt marsh, grasses, and a variety of breathing creatures, is a setting that
In preparation for our 175th Anniversary Gala in Boston, Massachusetts, we're posting a three-part story from our summer magazine, Sowing Goodness, detailing the history and impact the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have contributed to the New England region. Read part one and part two of this series. 175 Years in New England: Part
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur is an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO) at the United Nations (UN) that has been serving since 2001. Currently, Sister Isabelle Izika, SNDdeN is the congregational representative. In her role, she continues the long tradition of engagement in addressing poverty, health and education. In 2015, the UN adopted the
175 Years in New England: Part One The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, based in Namur, Belgium, made a courageous decision to send Sisters to America, a nation barely 80 years independent, despite harboring concerns about the women’s safety and unknown challenges awaiting them. Yet, steadfastly committed to the vision of co-foundress Julie Billiart,
By Sister Claudine Dumbi, SNDdeN As a professor, I believe that educating young people is paramount to our country because young people are our future, and we face many political and social challenges. In my work with students, I follow the education philosophy of St. Julie Billiart to “teach them what they need for life.”
By Sister Mary Alice McCabe, SNDdeN "Creation is not an option. It is essential to a Gospel life lived as a Cristian" Laudato Si', 217 Two years ago on Earth Day, April 22, 2022, we, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur U.S. East-West Province, signed on to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform , officially
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
