Disclosure of Catholic-Run Native Boarding Schools: A Step Towards Acknowledgment and Reconciliation
News Release
Issued: May 9, 2023
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Today, a list of Native boarding schools affiliated with the Catholic Church appears on a newly constructed website http://ctah.archivistsacwr.org. The list offers details about 87 Catholic-run Native boarding schools across 22 states.
The Notre Dame Sisters operated a boarding school at Our Lady of Lourdes…
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Welcome to our new Associates
Michael Driscoll and Camilla Joan White made their initial commitments to the Notre Dame Associates.
We also commemorate commitments from:
Olga Bello, Phyllis Chandler, Dick Connealy. Dot Connealy, Carol Craven, Linda Fitzgerald, Dave Garrett, Marylou Garrett, Jane Geary, Judy Gubbels, Juanita Harding, Theresa Homan, Barbara Hickey, Kris Lanik, Ed…
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Sr. Mary Ann Zimmer elected to the international Generalate Team!
Every six years the Notre Dame Sisters have a General Chapter. The General Chapter includes delegates from the four Provinces in the Notre Dame Sisters Congregation – the Bavarian Province from Germany, the Czech Republic Province, the Slovak Province and the United States Province.
At this Chapter, a Generalate Team…
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Community Update – September 2022
My Sisters in community called me to leadership this year and I officially began my tenure as Provincial President in August. As I reflect on this call, I turn to Jesus who models for us a way of leadership as service. He often said, “I came not to…
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A call to leadership – a letter from our Provincial President
From Sr. Rita Ostry, Provincial President of the Notre Dame Sisters
We are are celebrating the call to leadership – a call to service. As I reflect on this call, I turn to Jesus who models for us a way of leadership as service. He often said I came…
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New leadership in Omaha installed for the Notre Dame Sisters
After completing extended terms on the leadership team, Srs. Margaret Hickey, Joy Connealy, and Rita Ostry are moving on.
We are thrilled to announce that Sr. Rita Ostry will be our new Provincial President, as of August. She is joined by Srs. Mary Kay Meagher and Mary Ann Zimmer…
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Sr Margaret Hickey, ND, retires after 22 years of leadership
Sr. Margaret Hickey, ND, celebrated her retirement party July 17, 2022, at Saint James Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Sr. Margaret served as Notre Dame Sisters Provincial President an impressive six terms over the course of 22 years!
Friends, family, Sisters, and colleagues, old and new, joined together to thank…
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Promises and Commitments – a Letter from our Provincial President
Think about all the promises and commitments you have made over the years.
Were they long-term, short term?
Have they been fulfilled?
Did you have to let them go because new circumstances entered in?
What feelings do you have that you have been faithful to your promises and…
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Sister Update 2022
We 31 American Sisters minister in Iowa, Colorado, and Nebraska with most of us working part-time or retired. At this point in time, we have three sisters living in long-term care. In August our American delegates hope to meet with our Sisters in Europe for the first time…
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Trying Times and Accidents of Love – A letter from our Provincial President
From Sr. Margaret Hickey, ND:
During my daily prayer this winter I reflected on a reading with the phrase: “accidents of love.” I wrote in my journal: “Loving God, what will be the ‘accident of love’ I will encounter this day?” meaning, in what ways will I be called…