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About us:
October 1, 2000, the exact date of our foundation as a congregation in Coesfeld,
Germany, 150 years before, marked the beginning of the presence of the Sisters
of Notre Dame on Guimaras, a small island located southeast of Panay Island
and northwest of Negros Island in Western Visayas, Philippines. Three of the
original missionaries came from our Indonesia province and
one sister, a native Filipina, came from the Chardon,
Ohio (USA) province.
They responded to the request of the archbishop of Iloilo to have Sisters of
Notre Dame work among
poor people of Sabang, Sibunag, Guimaras.
The sisters began their ministry with non-formal education. In 2003 the sisters
opened a kindergarten in a temporary structure while the school was under
construction. The sisters' house and school in Sabang, Sibunag were completed
and blessed
in 2004. The sisters are also in Iloilo.
Ministries include:
- Catechesis and pastoral work
- Education
- Formation for religious life
- Vocation awareness programs
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