Nine Associates and two Associate Candidates participated in the Summer Gathering, July 10-13 in Wilton; six from the mid-west and five from the east. Some of their dynamic realizations about their experience were:
Congregation of Notre Dame vitality for mission is lived by both Associates and Sisters but in different ways.
Seeing Congregation of Notre Dame Sisters and Associates faces all around me made me feel so welcomed and my commitment more real.
Associates are fellow travelers with the Sisters; together we are keepers of the charism.
During a final session, some remarks of Sisters about Associates presence and interaction at the assembly were:
There is a new “us” – Sisters and Associates, a movement of the Spirit. How do we respond and work together?
Could more of us, Sisters, individually reach out to Associates?
How do we collaborate together, Associates and Sisters, around issues, especially immigration?
Here are some ways to pray with us en route or from a distance.