Anne Carey reflects on her role of helping evolve the associate relationship
October 1, 2025 – Anne Carey reflects on her 11 years as co-director of the SSND associate program in the Central Pacific Province.
Category: Associate News
Fostering a mindset of gratitude in all seasons
November 6, 2024 – As jack-o’-lanterns are pulled from front porches and the calendar flips a page to November, thoughts turn to the season’s next big holiday, Thanksgiving. Just as important as the turkey and pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving reminds us to take a moment to recognize all that we have to be grateful for.
“Come and See”: An invitation to explore new opportunities with associates
July 5, 2023 – Embrace diverse forms of prayer experiences and learn how to live out the SSND mission in your daily life. Explore SSND mission from the words of foundress, Blessed Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger. Discover more about becoming an associate and hear firsthand accounts from our current associates. Don’t miss this chance to be part of a vibrant community dedicated to making a difference in the world.
Why I became a SSND associate
February 1, 2023 – Hawley Iseke, a faculty member at Notre Dame High School in Talofofo, Guam, shares his story of why he became a SSND associate. He remembers his relationship with Sister Ignatia Sanchez and how she consistently invited him to “come and see.”
Food for the soul in Magnolia, Mississippi
Mississippi — Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Glenn Ingrassia learned Cajun cooking from his mother, Eleanor. Recently retired and with the support of their parish, Glenn, with the help of his wife Associate Christine, started cooking a free meal once a month for anyone that passed by the parish hall in Magnolia, Mississippi.
School Sisters of Notre Dame welcome new associates
Illinois — The School Sisters of Notre Dame welcomed 10 new associates at St. Anthony of Padua parish in Effingham, Illinois.
Testament of love of neighbor
Wisconsin — Judith Gregor, SSND associate, shares about the MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary Immersion experience by Milwaukee area SSND, associates and pre-associates.
Scattering seeds: A strategy for starting SSND associate groups
Wisconsin — When Sister Mariel Kreuziger starts talking about the SSND Associates, it is hard to contain her enthusiasm. Sister Mariel has been involved in starting two groups of associates, the first group in southeast Ohio and the current group now in Beaver Dam, Wis., about 90 minutes northwest of Milwaukee.