Global Missions

When you educate a girl, you educate a community

Too often, a young girl is sold into marriage by her own father, becoming a mother even as a child. Reports also show that education makes a difference in preventing these unjust realities. We have…

Cheers to Clean Water in Uganda

When a child leaves home to go to school, the expectation is learning and not worrying about drinking clean water. I thank God for Hilton foundation that gave us a grant for water purification system,…

Sr. Leanne: Unique Sabbatical Experiences

New updates on September 20: Sr. Mary Leanne Hubbard’s travels in East Africa continue. She visited the SNDs in Nairobi, Kenya as well as an orphanage in Tanzania. She accompanied another group of young sisters…

Protecting the Environment… and Feeding the Poor

Innovation and Environmental Sustainability in Urban Uganda Despite being less than a mile from Lake Victoria, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, the residents of Mpala have little access to healthy fish….

Ugandan Martyrs Church, Buseesa

Fr. Godfrey Tuhairwe is a diocesan Catholic priest from the diocese of Hoima in midwestern part of Uganda, East Africa. His parish includes St. Julie Mission in Buseesa. Before pandemic restrictions on travel, Fr. Godfrey…

Entrepreneur Seamstress Project to be Funded by the Hilton Fund for Sisters

The Mission Advancement Office is pleased to announce a grant of $20,100 from the Hilton Fund for Sisters. These funds will underwrite a seamstress project, serving young adult women (ages 15 to 24) who have…

13 Sisters Profess Vows as SNDs

Thanks be to God, 13 Sisters made vows in East Africa…. 5 women made final vows and 8 novices professed their first vows as a Sister of Notre Dame. These 8 newly vowed sisters will…