On the morning of August 14, School Sisters of Notre Dame and members of the SSND staff from the Atlantic-Midwest and Central Pacific Provinces took part in a one-mile walk in prayer through downtown Atlanta. This group of SSND pilgrims joined several hundred LCWR assembly participants, filling the streets with readings, songs, and silent contemplative prayer focused on the impact...Read more

Two SSND-sponsored universities, Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU) in Baltimore and Mount Mary University (MMU) in Milwaukee, are collaborating to address staffing shortages in education with a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the universities that will allow students to transition seamlessly into advanced degrees. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to empowering students, supporting faculty, and creating a...Read more

Members of Dr. Margaret Flanagan’s lab, which continues work on the Nun Study at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, presented at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) held July 27-31 in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Flanagan presented a new project that she co-leads called the Brain Digital Slide Archive (BDSA), which helps scientists share and study...Read more

SSND sisters, associates, ministry partners, and friends gathered on June 24 with individuals from religious congregations across the United States at the Sisters Speak Out Prayer and Public Witness Gathering at the U.S. Capitol. The focus of the event was to uplift Gospel values, challenge destructive policies, dispel disinformation, and embody compassion and hope. Participants prayed for justice for immigrants facing...Read more

On Scholars’ Day, May 7, 2025, visitors at Mount Mary University had an opportunity to play an alternative reality game that put together elements of an escape room and scavenger hunt. The game, developed by students in the advanced writing for new media class taught by Dr. Casey O’Ceallaigh, featured five “Spirits of SSND” who helped players advance through the...Read more

Originally published by the Kirksville Daily Express here. Republished with permission.  By Jay Nies When Sister Ruth Ann Klauser was young, several older School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) gave her clear advice on how to live like they were living. She takes it all to heart now in her own season of retirement. “To live one day at a...Read more

On November 11, 1962, Typhoon Karen devastated the island of Guam. Eleven people were killed, and 95% of homes were destroyed, leaving 45,000 people, mostly Guamanians, homeless. Fifty-three School Sisters of Notre Dame, eight postulants, and ten aspirants living in four locations on the island lived through the storm and recorded their experiences in letters, chronicle entries, oral histories, and...Read more

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ on May 24, 2025, SSND sisters, associates, and partners in ministry share some of the ways that they have incorporated the lessons of Pope Francis’ encyclical into their lives.   SSND associates Donna Haley and Miriam Hankins used the occasion of their parish picnic to display a variety of items that...Read more

Sister Lucy Nigh was reminded recently of the importance of inviting others to become part of the SSND community after receiving an enthusiastic response from Andrea Stapleton to her invitation to consider becoming an SSND associate. Andrea had come to know SSND well in her role as vice president for mission and justice at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, a...Read more

By Chloe Gunther Originally published here by Jesuit Refugee Service. Republished with permission. Roxanne Schares heard God’s call as a young girl. With religious sisters teaching her in school and two aunts who had followed the same call, she grew up the eldest of eight children on a small farm in northeastern Iowa, keenly aware of the opportunity to become...Read more