The School Sisters of Notre Dame’s Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation ministry, known as Shalom, strives to create a global community where human dignity is respected, all creation is treasured, spirituality is nourished, and justice is accomplished as part of our mission to show God’s love to the world. This is done through education, action, and advocacy.
Organizational Affiliations
The School Sisters of Notre Dame maintain institutional memberships with organizations whose values, missions, and ministries align with those of the congregation. These include:
Catholic Climate Covenant
CLINIC
Investor Advocates for Social Justice
Just Faith Ministries
Justice Coalition of Religious
NETWORK Advocates
Nuns Against Gun Violence
Office of Religious Congregations for Integral Ecology (ORCIE)
Pax Christi USA
Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment
S.O.A.P. Project
The Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT)
The School Sisters of Notre Dame in North America support the work of these organizations and consider them to be reliable and valuable sources of information on justice issues.
Awareness Building and Action
The School Sisters of Notre Dame work to raise awareness around areas of critical concern. Recent campaigns that the SSND have supported include:
In addition, the SSND also sign on to letters, petitions, and calls to action that advocate for causes like ending violence, promoting human rights, or influencing policies that enhance just structures that foster fullness of life or change unjust structures that inhibit it.
Living out the SSND commitment to Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation
Sisters, Associates, and SSND ministry partners live out their commitment to social justice in a myriad of ways, including through their ministries, their sponsored institutions, their presence, their voices, and their actions. The following stories are just a few examples of SSND’s efforts to create a more just and peaceful world.
SSND participate in LCWR Pilgrimage of Hope