Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Who we are: The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are an international congregation of women religious serving in the U.S. as well as Belgium, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur came to Cincinnati in 1840 after they were asked by Bishop Purcell to establish schools for newly arrived immigrants in Cincinnati and surrounding towns. Following the call of Jesus, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur live simply in the footsteps of their foundress, St. Julie Billiart.

What We Do: Today, the educational focus of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur continues, as do many of the institutions we established, including Summit Country Day School, Mount Notre Dame High School and Corryville Catholic Elementary School in Cincinnati; and Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. Today, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur serve in the inner-city providing job readiness and job training. They provide citizenship classes for recent immigrants. They operate a photovoltaic learning lab on their convent grounds for high school students studying STEMM. They also provide solar power and clean drinking water for villages in Africa, and microenterprises for people in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Why We’re Important: Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur change lives by making known God’s goodness throughout the world. They are committed to education and take a stand with poor people, especially women and children living in the most abandoned places.

How We Serve the Community: Since our beginnings in Cincinnati 180 years ago, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have sought to uplift people who are, or who are in danger of becoming, marginalized. In the 1840s, our work was with impoverished immigrants. Later it was with freed slaves. Still later, it was with people who were hearingimpaired. To this day, we continue to serve the community by working with those least among us, those with few skills or little education, who are battling addiction, or who are homeless — to give them what they need for life — and to show them the goodness of God. How You Can Help: The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, through their Live the Good Volunteers, sponsor activities throughout the year in service to those who are poor. For more information, contact Holly Schlaack (schlaack@snden.org). Financial gifts can also be made for the Sisters’ work in Cincinnati and overseas and for the care of our oldest Sisters, most of whom spent upward of sixty years in the classroom. For more information, contact Kevin Manley (kmanley@ohsnd.org). To learn more about our Clean Water for Life Project, providing clean, life-saving water to the children our Sisters serve in Africa, contact Angie Weisgerber (aweisgerber@ohsnd.org).

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Provincial Leader: Sister Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN Email: kathleen.harmon@sndden.org

Development Director: Kevin Manley Email: kmanley@ohsnd.org

Development Advisory Board Chair: Michael S. Caudill

Development Advisory Board Members: Phyllis M. Adams, Timothy E. Beischel, T. Brian Brockhoff, Thomas G. Cody, Thomas J. Compton, III, Michael J. Conaton, Board Member Emeritus, Todd L. Cooper, Rose Ann Fleming, SNDdeN, Thomas A. Joseph, Robert Kissel, Bradley D. Mcpeek, Timothy A. Michel, Maribeth S. Rahe, Gretchen J. Schmidt, Maria H. Topken, Robert F. Uhrig