Archive for August 2024

Today’s gospel focuses on the Pharisees who kept every detail of their traditions, such as washing cups and jugs. Meanwhile, Jesus’ disciples aren’t even washing their hands before eating. What’s the point? While the first group does good things, they disregard God’s commandments in more important things. The Pharisees choose their own interpretation of the…

The foundresses and their early companions had been trained in Munster by the immediate successors of Bernard Overberg, “master of the schoolmasters.” In contrast to public school teaching in America, the sisters’ teaching was oriented to the development of the human person founded in the Gospel. Children learned that God was a loving Father, and…

When a man brought his two daughters to Mother Chrysostoma, it became clear that a house for neglected children was needed. This was the first move toward building Mount St. Mary’s. Although collections were taken to build the building, the efforts had little success. Consequently, Mother Chrysostoma began the construction, “trusting solely in the Providence…

This blog continues the history of the Sisters of Notre Dame in the United States a few years after their arrival on July 4, 1874. Sister Mary Modesta became the provincial superior in 1875. She was asked by Mother M. Chrysostoma to erect a larger house in Cleveland. She purchased property containing woods and stone…