“We accept from God the call to reach out to people with unmet needs.”

To live this mission, the Notre Dame Sisters rely on the partnership of people who also feel strongly about meeting the unmet needs of families, women, children, seniors, survivors of domestic violence, and the disadvantaged. The Sisters also rely on the partnership of people to help meet the needs of the retired Sisters, as “A Notre Dame Sisters is an apostle to the last moment of her life.” 

The life of a Notre Dame Sister is a life of action that is based on and grounded in prayer and community. The Sisters ask that your first gift in support of the mission of meeting the needs of others be in the form of prayer. It is the prayerful support of many people that helps the Sisters accomplish much good.  

As a religious community, the Sisters are responsible for their own support and the care of their members, and for funding their ministries. About thirty Sisters live in the Motherhouse and Health & Care Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Other Sisters live in the area of their ministry, often in small groups. Sisters who receive salaries as a result of their ministry pool the money for the support of all the Sisters. The Sisters live frugally and plan carefully for the future of the retired Sisters, some of whom will require the support of the Health & Care Center that is maintained by the Notre Dame community.

Although the majority of the financial support for the community comes from the salaries of the Sisters, gifts from benefactors can make a significant and lasting difference in the lives of the Notre Dame Sisters.