October 7, 2026 - The public is invited to attend an estate sale being held at Sancta Maria in Ripa, St. Louis, October 15-17, as School Sisters of Notre Dame make final preparations for the property to be sold.
October 7, 2026 – More than diversity, interculturality is a relationship. As School Sisters of Notre Dame seek to more fully realize and embrace their interculturality as a congregation, so too does the 2027 Women’s Leadership Luncheon invite everyone to learn more about this concept and why it is important.
September 2, 2026 – A much-anticipated moment was made real on August 9 as sisters, students, staff, guests, and community members joined together as the ribbon was cut on a significant expansion project at Notre Dame High School, St. Louis. The new building houses the school’s STREAM programming spaces—Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics— and stands as a testament to the ongoing value placed on Catholic education and the School Sisters of Notre Dame’s mission of educating women.
September 2, 2026 – “We have always been an international congregation, located all over the world, on five continents, and we have embraced our multicultural diversity, sharing our unique cultures whenever we are together,” said Sister Debra Sciano, provincial leader for School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province. “In more recent years, we have shifted our focus to be intercultural, rather than multicultural, which is less focused on our differences and more about building relationships, and experiencing one another in a more personal way, with deeper communication and openness to be transformed and shaped by those encounters. Being intercultural and looking for ways to grow together in community is reflective of our mission to bring all together in that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent to the world.”
September 2, 2026 – Season of Creation, celebrated each September and ending on October 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, is an opportunity for people across the globe to celebrate and consider their relationship with creation. It is also an opportunity to take action in efforts to protect and care for our common home. The theme for this year’s Season of Creation is Living Water. The School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province Laudato Si’ committee invites you to learn more about Season of Creation and why it is especially important in this moment of so many environmental challenges, especially as they relate to water. They also share a list of suggestions on how you can mark this month with creative, reflective, or action-focused activities.
August 22, 2026 – KEYC-TV reported on the School Sisters of Notre Dame’s plans for 454 acres of farmland near Austin, Minnesota, as the sisters discern how the land might benefit Indigenous people, Black farmers, and other communities historically disenfranchised from land ownership. The initiative includes plans for a four-acre community garden to provide food for local families.
August 17, 2026 – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel profiled Sister Debra Sciano, SSND, as she begins her term as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), highlighting the experiences that shaped her path from Milwaukee County prosecutor and family mediator to SSND provincial leader and national leadership among Catholic sisters.
August 13, 2026 – In a national look at Catholic schools serving students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, America Magazine featured Notre Dame School of Dallas, founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1963 and rooted in a longstanding commitment to ensuring every person has the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
August 10, 2026 – Sister Debra Sciano, a dedicated baseball fan, diligently fills out scorecards during games, tracking every out, hit, and error. This meticulousness also reflects her role as the provincial leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame’s Central Pacific Province, where she navigates life with a unique perspective.
August 5, 2026 – Last summer, for the first time, Whole Kids Outreach, an affiliated ministry of School Sisters of Notre Dame, coordinated with the SSND North American Vocation Team to welcome high schoolers from Notre Dame schools to a Summer Service Week. The students served as volunteer counselors for local children who attended Camp Whole Kids—a day camp run by the ministry. The experience was so enthusiastically embraced by the high schoolers that it was offered again this year, and once again, every available volunteer spot was filled.
