COVID restrictions loosening on Good Counsel Hill
March 10, 2021 – Nearly a year after off campus travel was prohibited at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato, Minnesota, due to the pandemic, restrictions on the Hill have begun to loosen after sisters were vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Read The Free Press article.
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Catholic nonprofit will honor women religious who died of COVID-19
March 10, 2021 – Chicago-based Catholic Extension plans to help 1,000 women religious with grants in memory of a group of sisters who died in late December of COVID-19 in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. Read the Global Sisters Report article.
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New funds helps those impacted by COVID-19
March 4, 2021 – A new fund was created in the memory of the nine sisters who passed away in December of 2020. The COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund will honor their lives and help their fellow aid those in their community deeply impacted by the virus. Read the Catholic Extension article.
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Sisters appreciate their caregivers
March 3, 2021 – A year after the first signs of COVID-19 and the start of social distancing, sisters are especially grateful for the staff who show up to work every day. Notre Dame of Elm Grove, Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Mankato, Minnesota, and Sancta Maria in Ripa, St. Louis, have sisters who live on site and need various degrees of support. ” Read more...
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School Sisters of Notre Dame residents and staff are getting the vaccine
January 22, 2021 – Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Weeks after nine sisters died from coronavirus, School Sisters of Notre Dame residents and staff are getting the vaccine.” More...
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Sr. Ellen Lorenz was trailblazing Mount Mary leader
January 13, 2021 – The Urban Milwaukee honored Sister Ellen Lorenz in the article, “Sr. Ellen Lorenz was a trailblazing Mount Mary Leader.” More…
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Officials push the state to send the vaccine to the Notre Dame of Elm Grove facility
January 12, 2021 – Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, “After 9 sisters died from COVID-19 last month, officials are pushing the state to send the vaccine to the Notre Dame of Elm Grove facility.” More…
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Mount Mary University remembers Former President Sister Ellen Lorenz
January 5, 2021 – Learn more about Sister Ellen Lorenz in Mount Mary University’s web posting, “Former President Sister Ellen Lorenz, SSND, left enduring legacy.” More…
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In memoriam: Nine members of the SSND community die from COVID-19
January 1, 2021 – The Elm Grove News – Independent honored Notre Dame of Elm Grove sisters in the article, “In memoriam: 9 members of the SSND community die from COVID-19.” More…
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8 Catholic Sisters Die of Covid-19 Within a Week at a Wisconsin Home
December 19, 2020 – Read more in the Atlanta Journal Constitution article, “8 nuns at Wisconsin retirement home die of COVID-19.” More …
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