Spirituality and Prayer

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The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things

By Sister Sharon Kanis, SSND

The Holy Spirit is not white.

She is gray.

In the 1980s, Sandy Spencer (formerly of the Mankato Province) used these simple lines to begin her “Ode to the Holy Spirit.” The suggestion that the Spirit represents the...

Flames of New Life

By Sister Marcianne Bzdon, SSND

Birthdays! I love birthdays, celebrating my own and those of others! 

Birthdays are special — a celebration of new life, marking a new year of experiences and adventures. All the trappings of birthdays bring joy; a cake...

Sent Forth in the Spirit

By Sister Mary Roy Weiss, SSND

In the early months of 2020, the theme for the 8th grade closing ceremony at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, Maryland was chosen: “Sent Forth in the Spirit.”

Little did we know how that would ring true for the June...

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - Sister Mary Ann Schroeder

Mary Ann was a student at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland (now Notre Dame of Maryland University) for a year before going to Sacred Heart School in Baltimore as a teacher. Mary Ann continued to teach elementary classes at Our Lady of Fatima School in Baltimore, then taught high school social...
)Photo of Sister Rita Killoran with Student

In Memoriam - Sister Rita Killoran

From the very start Sister Rita had a happy disposition, a love of storytelling and conversation, a natural openness and kindness. As homilist at her funeral, Father John Clooney, former Watertown Pastor, shared some humorous stories and called Rita, “a good and faithful servant.” He recalled “her...

In Memoriam: Sister Helenann Nelson, SSND

Helenann taught junior high in the US for eight years. Then she found her true calling, starting many long and adventure-filled years as a missionary to South America when she and her classmate Paula Armstrong joined our Sisters in Santiago, Chile. They were part of a second group that brought the...

"Prayer is true heavenly food and nourishment for the soul, which will starve without it. It is a remedy for the sick who desire to recover again, joy for the afflicted, strength for the weak, medicine for sinners, delight for the just, mutual support for the entire church.”

-BLESSED THERESA GERHARDINGER