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East Africa ZOOM
The Sisters of Notre Dame in East Africa have been busy! Check in with them LIVE to hear what they’ve accomplished this past year.
The Sisters of Notre Dame in East Africa have been busy! Check in with them LIVE to hear what they’ve accomplished this past year.
Eleven SNDs from the East Africa Delegation have been living in Buseesa, Uganda to learn theory and praxis in education. They will now move on to the practicum (student teaching) portion of their training. They express gratitude to Sr. Colette, Sr. Rozaria, and Sr. Christine for making this educational opportunity possible.
St. Julie Mission students from the primary and secondary levels knocked it out of the park on the 2021 Uganda national exams. This was even after being out of the classroom for months due to COVID and with no digital learning like many schools pursued in the United States. The Read more…
The spark they have given us during the past three weeks is slowly lighting up the flame within us. We were truly enriched and reenergized by the wonderful inputs, thoughts and ideas we got from our dear Sisters. We value and thank God for their insights and guidance.
As I write now, all the sisters are settled, in and the training is going on well. For me this is a great miracle! Calling sisters to move from one country to another within that short time was not an easy task. But by God’s grace it worked perfectly because every sister became involved in these new arrangements. It was indeed ‘a great communion.’
Our missionary focus in East Africa is to educate impoverished children and teach women skills which empower their lives. A steady growth of missions in the East African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, led SND congregational leadership to decide that these missions were ready to become united as a Read more…