In the United States, National Vocation Awareness Week is celebrated each November, this year from November 7-13, 2021. It is a time to highlight and promote vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these vocations. The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) North American Vocations Team (NAVT), consisting of five SSND, serves the congregation in the U.S. and Canada by engaging and inspiring other sisters and supporters in a common and shared vocation ministry.
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Have you ever heard others talk about the Generalate in Rome and wondered what it is? Having lived at the Generalate for five years, and welcomed many guests to this SSND international center, Sister Kate DuVal offers her understanding and experience of what is often referred to as “the Generalate.”
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The sisters at Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Elm Gove, Wisconsin, move to Trinity Woods in December 2021. When asked about the move and transition, Sister Mary Kay Brooks, provincial councilor, shared her thoughts. The question she had was, “If moving yourself, or even your family, is one of the top five stressful life events, how stressful is moving over 100 sisters to either assisted living or independent living?” For some, the move is very daunting and extremely stressful. For Sister Mary Kay, she tries not to let it overwhelm her, and focuses on the attitude of, “we can do this together.”
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