Each year on October 1st, the Sisters of Notre Dame around their world honor their founders, Hillegonde Wolbring and Lisette Kuhling. Foundation Day honors the anniversary of the date in 1850 that the founders made their profession of vows, received religious habit and became Sr. Maria Aloysia and Sr. Maria Ignatia.
At Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles, campus ministry leaders created a tangible way to remember the work that began over 155 years ago. The students made 400 peanut butter sandwiches for children who attend religious education classes at St. Lawrence Brindisi in Watts.
The campus ministry leaders spent one day gathering supplies and making cards to include with the sandwiches. The prayer on the cards was written by campus ministers to explain their hope for the humble peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
The next day, students in all the religion classes made and packaged the sandwiches. “Sr. Aloysia met the needs of the poor and that’s what we continue to do,” explained Sr. Mary Jolisa Lazaro, campus ministry coordinator. “In every classroom, there’s a picture of Aloysia sharing her sandwich with one of the poor orphans.”
In Thousand Oaks, the sisters who live at Villa Regina and Notre Dame Center enjoyed a skit about the founders prepared and performed by Sr. Mary Antonine Manning, Sr. Mary John Shin and Sr. Mary Angela Lee. These observances reflect both the service and the joyful simplicity of Sisters of Notre Dame.
The sandwich picture which hangs in every classroom at Notre Dame Academy.
Read more about the history of the Sisters of Notre Dame and their journey to California. |
