Sometimes we need to hear a bit of Good News
by Sr. Marie Prefontaine On Tuesday, my first day in Matamoras, Mexico, I wandered among the many tents pitched along the international plaza and came upon a sole African woman sitting on the cement sidewalk near the Federal Mexican Immigration building. I introduced...
News from the Sisters in Jumet and Namur during the pandemic
News from the Sisters in Jumet and Namur during the pandemic By Sr. Marie-Rose Lepers, SNDdeN CORONAVIRUS INVADES OUR LIVES GLOBALLY We become more and more aware each day that we belong to a human community in a suffering global community, united by a devastating...
Meeting of Province Secretaries
Sparks from the Province Secretaries Meeting at Ipswich, March 9-13, 2020 On the last day of the Meeting of Province Secretaries, the participants and presenters met on the stairs to the auditorium at Ipswich for a photo shoot with our photographer, Sr. Jon Julie...
A Glimpse From The Texas Border
A Glimpse From The Texas Borderby Sister Gerry Stanton Some mothers started some activities and did some math lessons with children. “Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts...He made heaven hinge on the way we act toward Him in His disguise of...
Humanitarian Crisis on the Border
Sr. Ellen Dabrieo, SNDdeN shared this brief account about the Border Project. Sisters Marie Ann Prefontaine and Gerry Stanton meet the Children in the waiting area of the new Resource Center. In 2018, The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) asked Religious...
“Second Founder” of Emmanuel College
Sr. Janet Eisner, SNDdeN, welcomed Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Boston, at her 40th Anniversary Gala in May. Since her inauguration as President in 1979, Sister Janet has kept the College’s mission thriving in an ever-changing world. On May 30,...
Lent 2020
Watch online You can change the World! We used these words before, and we use them again this year. Words lead to action; Actions lead to change; Change stirs hope, and Hope will encourage all of us to embrace new life. This is what LENT is really all about....
SNDdeN Schools Proclaim God’s Goodness in Nigeria
By Sr. Christiana Sidi, SNDdeN, Province Education Director "Education is the most important work on earth,” said St. Julie Billiart. Fifty-six years ago, in 1963, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) responded to St. Julie’s vision to proclaim the goodness of...
SNDdeN Communications Team Builds Networks
By Congregational Communications Team Our Congregational Communications Team networks with Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN) internationally on many projects throughout the year. Using our SNDdeN Intranet System (FirstClass), we reach a wide audience by multiple...
Threefold Jubilee in the Congo
Sr. Evelyn McKenna, SNDdeN On Saturday, August 10, 2019, a memorable and festive “Threefold Jubilee” took place in the Province of Congo-Kinshasa. The festive Mass in Sainte Marie parish church at Kimwenza, attended by numerous Sisters, Associates, Alumnae, family...
