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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…

Sister Mary Frances Wahl recently received the Excellence in Catechetical Service Award for the San Pedro Region (one of five pastoral regions in the L.A. Archdiocese). The award is given to a handful of religious educators who are nominated by their colleagues each year. Sister traveled to Lakewood,…

As the school year winds down, Sister Marie Paul Grech and Sister Antoinette Marie Moon are wrapping up the first season of “Seekers,” a women’s spirituality group that meets on the first Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Seekers began in the fall of 2014…

The Sisters of Notre Dame partnered with the Greater Cincinnati Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to install a biogas system at the site of their mission in Buseesa, Uganda and improve the local community’s water supply. EWB became aware of the sisters’ mission in Uganda via…

This year, the Sisters of Notre Dame in California received $46,614 in Direct Care Assistance from the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO). The NRRO collects money annually from Catholic parishes and distributes it to religious communities who need help funding the retirement of their elderly members. Any congregation…