Feeding the Hungry, Comforting the Sorrowful at St. Peter Claver School

Sister Chantal, Sister Meltah, and their colleagues at St. Peter Claver School teach, feed, and console the students, as SNDs have done since the school opened more than 90 years ago. Sister Meltah Thaka is the pastoral caregiver for school community, while Sister Chantal Kisimbila (right) offers individual and group counseling to 200 students.

These two Sisters and a compassionate staff help smooth the rough edges of life for more than 1000 students. A child comes to school crying because her mother died of AIDS that morning. Another is living with cystic fibrosis, with no access to the medical care that would be standard in Europe or the United States. Still others depend on the school even for food. As Sister Chantal, Sister Meltah, and their colleagues meet basic human needs, these children of a poor South African township experience that God is indeed good.

Joseph with his class	St. Peter Claver Students	Sister Meltah shares God's goodness

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Selected Locations Where Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Serve
in Education Ministries

• Notre Dame Virtual High School, Worldwide locations
• Notre Dame Seishin High School, Hiroshima, Japan
• Liverpool-Hope University, Liverpool, England
• Notre Dame High School, Norwich, England
• Notre Dame High School, Sheffield, England
• St. Julie's High School, Woolton, England
• Notre Dame Institut, Namur, Belgium
• Notre Dame Elementary, Belmont, CA
• Notre Dame High Schoo, Belmont, CA
• Moreland Notre Dame Elementary, Watsonville, CA
• Notre Dame High School, San Jose, CA
• Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento, CA (Co-sponsored by Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Sisters of Mercy, Auburn and the Jesuits)
• Notre Dame Academy - Worcester, MA, USA
• Notre Dame Academy - Hingham, MA, USA
• Notre Dame Academy - Tyngsboro, MA, USA
• Notre Dame High School - Lawrence, MA, USA
• Sisters Academy of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD, USA
• Academy of Notre Dame - Villanova, PA, USA
• Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA
• Trinity University, Washington, DC, USA
• Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA, USA
• St. Patrick School & Ed Center, Lowell, MA, USA
• Notre Dame Education Center, Washington, DC, USA
• Notre Dame Education Center, South Boston, MA, USA
• Notre Dame High School for Girls, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Julie's Family Learning Program, South Boston, MA, USA
  • Notre Dame Children's Class, Wenham, MA, USA
  • Notre Dame Education Center, Lawrence, MA, USA
  • Notre Dame Montessori School, Dorchester, MA, USA
  • Julie Community Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

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