Last Saturday, August 26th, 2017 was indeed a very special day for the Congrégation de Notre-Dame (CND) community as many sisters, associates and family welcomed Sister Libby Osgood into the novitiate. What a wonderful celebration. From beginning to end, we had an opportunity to engage in a prayerful ritual of acceptance.
Libby made her way into the sacred space of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, accompanied by her PEI CND community who affirmed her desires to enter. We recalled the readings from Jeremiah 29:11-14 (read by Della Gaudet, CND), Luke 2:39-46 (read by Catherine Molloy,CND) and the Constitutions, P. 10 (read by Mary Ann Powers, CND). We heard Libby’s “yes” to the question asked by Ann Broderick, CND, “Are you ready to respond to God’s invitation to continue your journey with the Congregation of Notre Dame by entering the novitiate?”
You are cordially invited to join a message campaign on fundamental human values. The messages, will be disseminated on social media in the form of short videoclips, will be available in three languages.
The statement below has been adopted by the Leadership Team of Blessed Sacrament province.
“As Sisters of the Congregation de Notre-Dame, we affirm that Jesus Christ calls us to humanize our relationships, to act in love and compassion. In union with the people of Charlottesville and people of good will everywhere, we grieve over the victims of the recent violence, and we pray that all our hearts be turned from the racism that inspired the attacks to a resolve to build the “beloved community” among us.”
The Leadership Team of Blessed Sacrament (USA) Province, Congregation de Notre-Dame of Montreal