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La Reina High School student and Girl Scout Angela Valdivia, age 17, submitted two proposals for her Gold Award that were rejected before she approached Sister Carol Marie Papet, site director at Notre Dame Learning Center Preschool (NDLCP). “At that point I was really frustrated and I felt…

By Sister Rose Marie Tulacz About a year ago, the Sisters of Notre Dame began ministering to immigrants at the United States’ border with Mexico. Sister Rose Marie Tulacz was one of four Sisters of Notre Dame who participated in a week-long “Texas Immersion Experience” in Corpus Christi…

Sister Shirley Marie Guides Inmates to the Gospel Sister Mary Lynn Liederbach, who passed away in May of 2014, was renowned among the Sisters of Notre Dame for her devotion to detention ministry. Among her possessions were boxes full of letters from the inmates to whom she wrote…

Sister Mary Kristin Battles, superior general of the Sisters of Notre Dame, and member of the California province, shares with us highlights of her month in California at Notre Dame Center this past July. Community life at Notre Dame Center (NDC) as always is buzzing with activity and…

Inspiring Catholic school educators with the charism of the Sisters of Notre Dame is one of Sister Marie Paul Grech’s top priorities. Put simply, that charism (or what the sisters believe) is that God is good and provides for us. They strive to look at the world with…

In 2011 the Sisters of Notre Dame announced plans to join their four U.S. provinces into one by the year 2020. The movement was dubbed SND-USA. To aid them in the process, the Sisters of Notre Dame hired Community Works consulting firm, which has helped over 150 congregations of sisters navigate the…

At the end of the school year, the Sisters of Notre Dame attended a Many Mansions award ceremony. They watched proudly as 20 students received academic scholarships, four of which were donated by the sisters. Sister Mary Joan Schlotfeldt was moved by ceremony. “I felt proud to be a…

Since she became a postulant with the Sisters of Notre Dame nearly two years ago, Mayra Martinez feels she has grown into a more confident, peaceful person. Now, she is about to embark on the second step of her vocational journey. In August, Mayra, age 37, will move…

Notre Dame Center sits on about 4.5 acres of land on Hendrix Avenue in Thousand Oaks and houses 32 Sisters of Notre Dame. In light of the worsening drought, several sisters were concerned that their 1.5 acres of landscaped space might be using too much water. So, with…

The Sisters of Notre Dame have dedicated themselves to education since 1850 when their congregation was first established. Today, an increasing number of lay people serve as faculty and staff in the schools that the sisters founded. To maintain the Notre Dame spirit in the classroom, the sisters…