Sisters of the Holy Names

08/26/2026

"Let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds."
-Claire of Assisi

05/27/2026

Learn about the excellent education work being done at Next Step Learning Center in Oakland, California.

05/12/2026

Check out this interview with Sister Carmen Ugarte García from the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer, who serves as Associate International Coordinator of Talitha K*m, the international network of consecrated life against human trafficking.
https://snjm.org/en/blog/2026/05/05/talitha-kum-an-interview-with-sister-carmen-ugarte-garcia/

Sister Carmen Ugarte García, osr, serves as Associate International Coordinator of Talitha K*m at the UISG office in Rome. Talitha K*m, the international network of consecrated life against human trafficking, brings together congregations from around the world, including the SNJM, which have been e...

04/22/2026

"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you, who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness."
-Mary Oliver

Happy Earth Day!

04/13/2026

Nuestra Casa serves immigrant women through education, advocacy and support. Check out an interview with Nuestra Casa founded Sister Mary Rita Rohde: https://snjm.org/en/blog/2026/04/08/nuestra-casa-in-the-words-of-sister-mary-rita-rohde-snjm/

In 2003, Sister Mary Rita Rohde, SNJM, of the U.S.-Ontario Province, founded Nuestra Casa. Today, through education, advocacy, and mutual support, Nuestra Casa empowers immigrants to create positive changes, enriching themselves, their families, and their communities. What inspired you to found Nues...

04/10/2026

"There is a river that runs through time and the universe, vast and inexplicable, a flow of spirit that is at the heart of all existence, and every molecule of our being is a part of it. And what is God but the whole of that river?"
-William Kent Krueger

04/08/2026

We're proud to see grade school students at Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, FL, embodying the values of hospitality and service. Thank you, students!

04/06/2026

An interview with Sister Karen Conlin about her decades of work with Holy Names Music Center. Read the article: https://snjm.org/en/blog/2026/02/20/interview-with-sister-karen-conlin-45-years-of-teaching-at-the-holy-names-music-center

03/27/2026

We are proud of the students at Ramona Convent for sharing their values as part of this week's Faith Not Fear Catholic Student Day of Public Witness for Migrants.