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We invite you to watch the interview with Sister Mary Johnson, SNDdeN, Superior General of the Sisters de Notre Dame de Namur at the joint UISG-USG meeting (November 22-24, 2023), published by the UISG Internatioanal Union Superiors General in Rome.
On February 2, 1804, the Feast of the Purification of Mary, Julie Billiart, Françoise Blin de Bourdon and Catherine Duchatel consecrated themselves to God and promised to educate poor children and to form teachers. Since
The blazing Kenyan sun beats ruthlessly upon a shopping mall parking lot, which doubles as an asphalt art gallery.
The Bishop Korir Memorial Secondary School for Differently Abled in the Rift Valley of Kenya, in part supported through generous donors of the Ohio Province, is three-quarters through its first year of operation. Though still a fledging institution, the school is offering hope to children who are deaf and, in most cases, impoverished and who, before the school’s opening, had few paths before them.
Divine inspiration flows freely through the fingertips of today’s Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, conveying a creative charism first established by foundress St. Julie.
Recently, Norma and Armando Contreras, good friends of Maria Celia Molina and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, came to Cincinnati from Phoenix for two reasons: to visit and to attend the Cincinnati premiere performance of the opera Knock in which their son has a lead role.
Recently, Norma and Armando Contreras, good friends of Maria Celia Molina and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, came to Cincinnati from Phoenix for two reasons: to visit and to attend the Cincinnati premiere performance of the opera Knock in which their son has a lead role.
Gerry Bolzan's recent time at Mount Notre Dame during her home visit provided a won...
"Ask a Sister" is a forum where anyone can ask our Sisters about "everything you want to know about religious life but are afraid to ask."
Talking only a few minutes about the Global Education Academy in South Central Los Angeles, Sarah Cieplinski, SNDdeN quickly described the school as, "a place of love and goodness" where adults work together to meet the needs of their inner-city students, most of whom are Hispanic, and some are African American. Sarah is in her third year at the Academy which has two campuses – K to grade 5 and Grades 6-8.
Anne Ralston doesn’t mind being called “a crafty lady,” because she has been doing crafts since childhood: sewing, card making, other paper crafts, crewel, regular cross stitch, counted cross stitch, scrapbooking, and watercolor, to name a few. As Anne prepared for Final Vows in 1988, she cross stitched her journal of reflections. Now she has taken her card-making to a new level.
Keeping a secret from Sister Jo Anne Depweg, SNDdeN is no small feat. As Sister Jo anti...
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we would love to highlight Sister Benedicta Chang, SNDdeN. Sister Benedicta Chang, SNDdeN spent more than 40 years as an art teacher, from Charleston, SC, Villanova, PA, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD.
Sister Marilyn Kerber, SNDdeN recommends Paschal Paradox: Reflections on a Life of Spiritual Evolution by Diarmuid O'Murchu.
Looking for a retreat resource? I recommend two books. The first is "Awakening Love: An Ignatian Retreat with The Song of Songs" by Gregory Cleveland, OMV. This is a refreshing approach to the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius.
Sister Ann Fanella, SNDdeN enjoys novels by Adriana Trigiani. The books are replet...
Sister Anne McDonald, SNDdeN (left) has had an interest in the Civil War Era for some time and is a great lover of General Ulysses Grant. It is Grant who led Sister Anne to General William Sherman. Thus, she is reading Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lies of William Tecumseh Sherman by Robert L. O'Connell. Sherman's family loved him as did his soldiers, many of whom called him Uncle Billy or Crazy Uncle Billy. The Southerners, on the other hand, considered him the devil incarnate. Sister Anne thinks you may enjoy reading this book