Promoting Justice-Based Advocacy
Our JPIC ministry promotes advocacy efforts for Sisters, Associates and friends of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. The JPIC Office shares weekly updates on current social justice issues and provides regular opportunities for members to meet with their elected representatives.
The U.S. SNDdeN Anti-Racism Team (ART), comprising Sisters and Associates from across the United States, has worked to address systemic and institutional racism for over twenty-five years. The work of ART is twofold: a personal journey of transformation and advocacy for institutional practices, procedures and policies that contribute to a more just and equitable community and society.
Ministers, Not Messiahs
By Kathryn Yanik Published with Permission from Wisdom's Dwelling “Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.” There is a sense of beautiful irony that Bishop Ken Untener’s prayer, “Prophets of a...
Our Global Advocacy: Working Toward Equality in Latin America
The global work of the SNDdeN and our partners to address the needs of women was in evidence during Women's History Month! On March 17, 2026, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur co-sponsored a panel discussion at the...
JPIC Director to Speak at Webinar on Healing Divisions Through Nonviolent Communication
As political polarization deepens across the United States, many Americans are finding it increasingly difficult—even impossible—to have meaningful conversations with family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues who hold different beliefs. Studies show the country is now more intensely divided...
NDNU Publishes Land Acknowledgement
Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, acknowledged the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush peoples, the original peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula, where the school stands today. A land acknowledgement is a formal statement that recognizes and...