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In 1992, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur established Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - AmeriCorps as a non-profit volunteer organization. [20] In 2015 at the 175th anniversary of their arrival in the United States, [ 21 ] the sisters there numbered 800, with an additional 400 in the South American and African missions. [ 22 ]
The school, built on Park Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was a co-institution staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, the Holy Cross Fathers, Diocesan clergy and several lay men and women. In 1956, the first classes of Notre Dame were held at Our Lady of Assumption school in Fairfield while the building was being completed.
The School Sisters of Notre Dame are known by the abbreviation "SSND" and are not to be confused with another teaching order, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN), which was founded in France. Founding and growth
Julie Billiart, SNDdeN (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years, but was well known for her prayer, her embroidery skills, and her education of both the ...
In 1854, Bishop John Neumann invited the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur [3] to open a school for girls in Philadelphia and on October 15, 1856, Sister Superior Louise opened “The Academy”. The first school opened in the Parish of the Assumption on Spring Garden St. where it was located for 75 years, and existed in several locations ...
The first floor of the Castle holds the school's library and a small chapel that is used for Catholic ceremonies, including many weddings each year. The second and third floors contain offices, classrooms, the infirmary, and a few small rooms where some Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur reside.
The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in New England in 1919. [3] In 2001, the college officially became a coeducational institution. It is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium.
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur stayed with the elementary and high schools until 1990. Saint Joseph's Boys High School was founded in 1935 by Father Praught and Father Joseph Tetzlaff, provincial of the Brothers of Mary ( Marianists ) on the same city block as Saint Joseph's Church, Saint Joseph's Elementary School, and Notre Dame Girls ...