Congregational SND Leadership Team Visit St Julie’s!

On Friday last week, we were honoured to welcome the Congregational Leadership Team of the Sisters of Notre Dame, accompanied by Sister Catherine Darby and Sister Mary O’Brien, into school to meet with our staff and students.

The visiting delegation of eight sisters spent the morning with us and we were delighted that they were able to make time to visit.

After a tour of the school, the Sisters met students in small groups before a reflection on who ‘Notre Dame’ (Our Lady) is to us.

The verses of the closing prayer were read by students, staff and the Sisters to reinforce how we are all connected as a faith community.

Here is what some of the students shared about the experience:

“I spoke to Sr Miriam. She is from Peru and wanted to be a Sister when she was 18. It was interesting.”

“It was nice as I was able to talk to a Sister of Notre Dame and I asked questions and was inspired to follow my dreams after speaking to them about how they became a Sister. I also got the chance to talk about my time at St Julie’s.”

“It was nice to talk to a Sister of Notre Dame from Nigeria and to learn about her. She was VERY nice!”

“I enjoyed the inspiration of chasing our dreams and learning about her life.”

“I liked it because I learnt new things abut Sister Miriam. I learnt that Sisters can come from all over the world. The experience was amazing as I interacted with someone from Peru.”

“I enjoyed it because I learned how they live and how they travel to different schools. I was interested by the group of women who came to school to meet us came from all different continents.”