Day of the Girl

From SSND.org:

Three years ago, the United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world. It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and take action to advance rights and opportunities for girls everywhere.

The International Day of the Girl will be commemorated with a Day of the Girl Speak Out from 3-6 p.m. (EDT-USA) on Friday, October 9.  At this event, poetry, songs, and stories from girls around the world will be performed at the United Nations Headquarters. The event will be live-streamed on the International Day of the Girl Summit website.

We also invite you to view the video that was created to celebrate the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and what they mean for Girls.
More information about the International Day of the Girl can be found on the UN Women website.
We invite you to learn more, explore ways to get involved, take action, offer a prayer.

An SSND Case Study: Sister Betty Uchytil

Sister Betty Uchytil, SSND, was recently featured in her local newspaper for starting a new role as principal at a Catholic primary school. While the school is new to Sister Betty, serving as an administrator in such a school is not - and, as the headline of the article indicates, her vocation as both an SSND and an educator has brought her to a great variety of schools over the years.  

A few things I'd like to highlight from this article:

• Sister Betty became a teacher and taught in public schools for ten years before becoming an SSND. It's normal to try a career or two before entering into serious discernment with a community!
• Her journey brought her to a school in Nepal - and, soon after, back home due to the temporary closure of the school. You never know what might happen, or how quickly your course might change, when following God's call! 

Read more about Sister Betty and her new role as a school principal here!

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Celebrating Theresa's Feast Day

Imagine over 2500 sisters celebrating a death anniversary - the 136th anniversary of Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger! School Sisters of Notre Dame gathered last week in 34 countries to pray and to celebrate the life of our Foundress, whose spirit lives on in each of us! Hers was a vision for unity, wholeness and solidarity, Jesus' dream of ONENESS. Remembering her fearlessness encourages us to be audaciously hopeful. Love cannot wait... As she knew the empowering love of God, we too sense love's urgency. We weave connectedness through education, through dialogue, through active contemplation. It is God's love that sends us and accompanies us. If God's love took over your life, what would that mean and what would you be doing?

- Sister Lucy Nigh, SSND