The SSND Shalom North America virtual prayer room will be open every Friday from 10 am to 10 pm EST. All are invited to enter this peaceful space to unite for the needs of the world. Click this link to access the prayer room....Read more

The SSND North American Vocation Team (NAVT) is ready for the New Year! Several opportunities are planned to connect young adults with SSND and SSND with young adults, as this is the demographic most likely to be in a stage of discerning their vocation in life. Please help us promote the following events to young adults within your circle of...Read more

SSND Reflection on Human Rights Monday, December 11, 2023 7:00pm ET, 6:00pm CT This year on International Human Rights Day (12/10/23), the world will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights to which everyone...Read more

by Sister Therese Marie Dougherty Making a historic trip to the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis will address the United Nations Climate Conference, commonly known as COP28, in Dubai on December 2. On the following day, the first Sunday of Advent, he will join other religious leaders from a wide variety of faith traditions to inaugurate the first ever Faith...Read more

This year, the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of their mission in Sierra Leone. In 1973, what was then the St. Louis Province sent four sisters to Yengema in Sierra Leone to start a girls’ section at Yengema Secondary School. Sisters were sent to Port Loko in 1976, Kabala in 1979, and...Read more

Pope Francis thanked the School Sisters of Notre Dame for their great contribution to the Church, especially in education, service, and spirituality, as he welcomed the congregation during its 25th General Chapter, taking place October 24 – November 17 in Rome. The Pope urged sisters to continue making Christ visible by effectively bearing witness to the joy of the Gospel...Read more

by Sister Sylvia Nyaboke Nyamira As members of a Laudato Si’ community, School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) have begun seeing aspects of our mission and ministry through the lens of the Pope’s 2015 encyclical. The document asks many things of us, including that we act in solidarity with the most vulnerable among us. As a former primary school teacher...Read more

National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) in the U.S. is celebrated the first full week in November every year. The SSND North American Vocation Team invites everyone to consider what can be done to increase the awareness and understanding of religious vocations during NVAW and beyond. 10 ways to help promote a culture of vocation: Pray for all young people to...Read more

We are happy to be a part of the fifth annual Meet Our Sisters Tour during National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) November 5-11, 2023. The “tour” highlights the life, mission and ministries of Catholic sisters living and serving throughout Illinois. Learn more here. School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) were founded in 1833 in Bavaria by Blessed Theresa of Jesus...Read more

Laudato Si’ and Community Resilience & Empowerment By Sister Judith Herold Goal 7 of Laudato Si’—Community Resilience & Empowerment—emphasizes community involvement and action aimed at caring for our common home. It asks each of us to organize and activate our communities to work toward solutions to the ecological crisis we all face. This goal reminds us that, although our responsibilities...Read more