Reflections on important dates
in SSND history by our
Women in Discernment

April 17, 1838 - First Community Accepts
First Profession of Sisters 
Sandra Helton, Temporary Professed
  I can only imagine what it was like to live as a temporary professed woman when everyone looked alike, sounded alike, and chose "saintly" names. And, obedience meant that a sister obeying the superior and rules of the community was doing the will of God. Now, there is a different understanding. Most temporary professed communities/classrooms are not defined by the walls of the convent/school, but by the needs of our world. We mutually discern how we will live out our lives as religious. I also believe that just as those women of 1838 were called to live prophetically, love God with their whole heart, mind, soul, and to do whatever God tells them--I too, have said "Yes" to the exact same call.

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