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About us:
Six Sisters of Notre Dame came from the Chardon, Ohio province to Patna,
India, in 1949. Since that time, more than 200 Indian women have professed
vows as Sisters of Notre Dame.
In 1950 we opened an English medium (language) school, from Kindergarten
through Standard 11, preparing girls to take the Cambridge Overseas Examination,
which
is now the Indian School Certificate Exam. The sisters also administered
and taught in the St. Joseph Parish Hindi Medium School. Since that time, our
sisters
have opened many Hindi and English schools in Patna and Bangalore in response
to requests. We have established over 30 mission stations in both North and
South India. Our sisters also began their medical work in 1949, opening a
small dispensary in Jamalpur. Since then, sisters have trained as doctors and
nurses
to carry on the medical work. Sisters from the Patna province began a new
province in Bangalore, India in 2004.
In 1992, three Indian sisters began a mission in Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa,
where they teach in and administer a diocesan boarding school for girls.
They have recently opened a religious formation house for African young women
in
Arusha. In 2002, an Indian sister was missioned to Kenya to begin the mission there.
Ministries include:
- Catechetical and pastoral ministry
- Communications
- Education
- Formation for religious life
- Hostels for children
- Health care/medical ministries
- Legal services
- Mission work both within and outside the country (Tanzania, Kenya)
- Outreach programmes for women and children
- Retreat work
- Socio-pastoral and village development programmes among the poor
- Staffing health centres as doctors and nurses
- Technical and vocational training
- Vocation awareness programmes
- Women’s empowerment
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