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She took a long road to become a nun
Mankato Free Press, MN -
A decade later — the requisite “discernment” period for becoming a nun — Raven is ready to take her final vows May 10 at the School Sisters of Notre Dame ...
Twin Cities Planet, Minnesota -
Luckily for him, Johnson Elementary School on St. Paul’s East Side has a tutoring program, provided by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. ...
Twin Cities Planet, Minnesota -
Purchased with the financial help of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and grants, the house soon bustled with activity as classes and support groups grew in ...
From the February 6, 2008 edition of the East Side Review
By Caleb Jonas
Annual Pathfinder Award winners announced
By Robb Murray
The Free Press
Published January 10 —
A high school student, a university faculty member, a the SSND's Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry and an accounting firm all were named Pathfinder Award winners Wednesday.
School Sisters mark 175 years of ministry
Thirteen School Sisters of Notre Dame celebrated the 175th anniversary of their founding and renewed their vows at a Dec. 8 Mass at Our Lady of the Valley Parish.
Nuns leave their brains to science
WILTON, Conn. — When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders.
Prayers and Bears: Nun knits 1,000 bears for charity
By Tanner Kent
Free Press Staff Writer
Published November 25, 2007 10:59 pm - Sister Lauren Spence was told that her bears go to kids who have nothing. "I've been trying to fill that nothing," she says.
DuVal takes work abroad
Loyola Catholic School superintendent heading to Rome to spread Jesus’ word
By Robb Murray
Free Press Staff Writer
Food justice, anyone?
Conference to teach about eating responsibly
By Jean Lundquist, Special to Free Press
Sisters grow organic at Earthrise Farm
Nuns foster community, appreciation for the land
Tanner Kent
The Free Press
Published September 18, 2007 01:38 am - School Sisters of Notre Dame and biological sisters Kay and Annette Fernholz maintain an 11-acre all-organic plot called Earthrise Farm, which produces food for southern Minnesotans in need and promotes community and reverence for the land.
Nun hopeful once made six-figure salary
Mari Schuh
Special to The Free Press
Published August 26, 2007 12:16 am - A 43-year-old LaCrosse, Wis., native gave up a six-figure salary to become a nun with the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Mankato.
Li’l Farm: for the love of children
Tuesday, 03 July 2007
By Rachel Kytonen
Located on a farm just northwest of Cambridge, Li’l Farm Children’s Home provides a comforting, temporary home for children who need a welcoming and loving environment.
Sprouts class targets young gardeners
Published June 20, 2007 11:27 pm - A gardening program at the Kids' Peace Garden helps children learn while having fun.
By Nick Hanson
Free Press Staff Writer
Retired sisters continue to educate
Good Counsel Learning Center tutoring for 40 years
Published June 19, 2007 01:09 am - After a lifelong career in education, retired and semi-retired teachers from the School Sisters of Notre Dame Mankato Province have been dedicating a portion of their week to tutoring struggling students. The Good Counsel Learning Center has been helping to educate for 40 years.
Nick Hanson
The Free Press
Local nun critical part of study
Alzheimer’s research includes Notre Dame nuns
Published May 30, 2007 12:38 am - Sister Carmen Burg, who died Friday in Mankato, was the key to David Snowdon’s study at the University of Kentucky, which looked at all aspects of the nuns’ lives — and their deaths — to unlock information on the aging brain.
Tim Krohn
The Free Press
Sisters Expand Reach with Multimedia
Blogs, podcasts and MySpace all possibilities
By Nick Hanson
The Mankato Free Press, May 13, 2007
School Sisters Sent 25 delegates to the UN
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Published April 04, 2007 11:15 am, Mankato Free Press- Sister Irene Federspiel stops mid stride to study the face of Virgin Mary and gingerly wipes a fleck of dust from the statue’s nose. This tiny attention to detail is typical of Federspiel’s care of the hundreds of ceramic pieces and statues that she has either created or helped repair at Ceramic Haven of Good Counsel in Mankato.
Still more to do after Katrina
Good Counsel crew to help out in New Orleans
Published March 26, 2007 12:35 am, Mankato Free Press - Two big vans and a pickup truck stocked with supplies departed from the School Sisters of Notre Dame Good Counsel convent for a mission trip to New Orleans on Sunday.
Our View — Nuns, Good Counsel staff tackle tough job in New Orleans
Published March 31, 2007 12:52 am, Mankato Free Press - Thumbs up: To the nuns and staff from Good Counsel who are helping out in New Orleans.
"More Young Women Becoming Nuns"
Sister Melissa Schreifels, SSND, appeared on WCCO's 10 PM news on 2/18/07. Melissa took her first vows this past fall with the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sister Rosemarie Dvorak, SSND Recognized by Artsonia
Sister Rosemarie has been recognized by Artsonia, the world’s
largest online kids art museum, for outstanding leadership
in the area of Arts Education at St. Joseph School in Minnesota.
According to Artsonia the school’s online art gallery,
www.artsonia.com/schools/stjoseph4,
ranks number five in the state of Minnesota.
Sisters' link to food shelf dates back to beginning
By Nick Hanson, The Free Press, January 8, 2007
There’s no question Mankato-area low-income families
have benefited from the presence of the ECHO Food Shelf
for decades.
