Become an Associate

Associates participate in faith sharing and retreats, deepen their spiritual life through liturgical and personal prayer and share their gifts and talents.

become an associate hero2 Associates and Sisters Anne Hannigan, AND, Sister Yvonne Bondi, SNDdeN, Lydia Wahab, Lynne Clarkin, AND, and Sister Carmen Silva, SNDdeN

Associates are lay persons who promise to live out the charism, spirituality and mission of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their own life circumstances.

They aim to witness God’s goodness and provident love daily.

Associates participate in faith sharing and retreats, deepen their spiritual life through liturgical and personal prayer and share their gifts and talents in many ways with their families, their parish, their diocese and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

Read memories and reflections of associates and friends of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur below.

Interested in learning more about becoming an associate?

Please contact our regional coordinators.

Northeast: Jan Smith at jano27@yahoo.com

Midatlantic: Ann Tennison at Ann.Tennison@SNDdeN.org

West: Kathy Noether at noether@sndden.org

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Associates Engage Others and Care for the Earth

By Kathy Noether, AND Notre Dame Associates - women and men who live out Saint Julie’s charism - partner with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in lives marked by goodness, simplicity and service to the poor. They...

Associates Volunteer at the Welcome Center in Arizona – and Bring Much-Needed New Shoes

Libby Hagman, an Associate of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (AND), and her husband, Roger, had a tremendous experience volunteering at the Welcome Center in Phoenix, Arizona, last year. They will return in March to work alongside...

“Together, Notre Dame Associates and Sisters continue to share God's goodness through action, reflection and care for the Earth and all creation.”

Kathy Noether