Parents' Association Events - Academy of Notre Dame de Namur

Parents' Association Events and Outreach

2020-2021 Events Calendar

Boundless Compassion Program

Friday, February 19, 9:30-10:30AM

Monday, March 1, 9:30-10:30AM

Friday, March 5, 9:30-10:30AM

Friday, March 12, 9:30-10:30AM

Friday, March 19, 9:30-10:30AM

Friday, March 26, 9:30-10:30AM

The Boundless Compassion Program

register here by February 16

Join us during Lent for a six-week guided prayer experience as we read Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life by Joyce Rupp. This book allows you to grow in the kind of love that motivated Jesus to be a compassionate presence.

Ms. Julia Tully, Director of Campus Ministry, will facilitate this program via Zoom. The first meeting will take place from 9:30-10:30 AM on Friday, February 19. The program is open to all parents are interested in deepening their prayer life, enjoying fellowship and growing in faith. You may purchase the book using this link.

Questions: Paula Gaughan, Parent Liaison

610-977-0799 / pgaughan@ndapa.org

Parent-Sponsored Events

Mother/Daughter Virtual Shopping Weekend
Annual Fine Art Show and Sale

Mother/Daughter Virtual Shopping Weekend

“There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love and nothing as healing as a child’s soul.”

Each year, the Parents' Association hosts the Mother/Daughter Luncheon and Boutique Shopping event. For our 2020 Mother-Daughter Christmas Luncheon, we are reimagining our traditions by focusing on our Notre Dame community’s Comfort & Joy and offering a variety of virtual options to accommodate our community this season! Shop with your daughters and spend quality time together, all in support of Notre Dame!

This year's event will include a virtual wreath making class (sign up here), virtual shopping with some of our favorite vendors from Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December 6. An in-store Stroll & Shop option will also be available at local storefronts on Saturday, December 5 from 10am-5pm. Every purchase bolsters our Parents’ Association in support Notre Dame’s mission of educating young women for responsible living in a global society.

Learn more about this year's event here.

Annual Fine Art Show and Sale

The 48th Annual Fine Art Show & Sale will be entirely virtual this year with an online exhibition and sale taking place Saturday, January 30 – Sunday, February 7, 2021. The show will feature nearly 100 artists and their works in a variety of mediums, including oils, watercolors, acrylics, ceramics, metals, and glass.

The 48th Annual Fine Art Show & Sale will feature a virtual Preview Party event on Friday, January 29, 2021. Tickets are $75 and include early access to the online exhibition and sale. More details coming soon! Open to Notre Dame community members, family, friends, and the general public. Tickets go on sale in December 2020.

Funds generated support Notre Dame’s mission of educating young women for responsible living in a global society.

For more information:

visit ndapa.org/artshow or contact ndartshow@ndapa.org

Patrician Society | PB+J Sandwich Making

Due to restrictions limiting ND’s usual PB&J sandwich making, the Notre Dame Parents’ Association has redesigned this worthwhile outreach and made the following changes:

Students/parents are invited to make peanut butter and jelly or cheese sandwiches weekly from home and bring to school on scheduled collection dates.
All Students/parents participating are required to sign up using the Signup Genius.
ND students who sign up are eligible for ND service hours.

Click here to sign up and view sandwich collection dates and times as well as instructions.

Moms in Prayer

Moms in Prayer is an international network that gathers mothers in prayer for children and schools worldwide. Notre Dame’s chapter meets monthly in the mansion chapel after drop-off to pray for our school community. Given the current restrictions on campus, our meetings are temporarily suspended.

Ordinarily, however, monthly meetings follow a simple format that combines a scripture reading and time for reflection, with praying for a specific grade of girls named individually, as well as members of faculty, staff and administration. We invite you to join us once we are able to return to campus. Everyone is most welcome!

iCan Shine Bike Camp

iCanShine is an international, charitable, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide quality learning opportunities in recreational activities to people with disabilities. The program strives to create an environment where each person is empowered to maximize his or her individual abilities so everyone can shine!

The iCanBike program, sponsored by Notre Dame each summer, specifically focuses on teaching individuals with disabilities from our local community how to ride a two-wheel conventional bicycle and become lifelong independent riders. Typically, this specialized instructional program has an 80% success rate, while the remaining 20% of riders make tremendous progress toward their goal. The success of this week-long event would not be possible without the support of the Notre Dame community who provide the funding, facility, parent volunteers and student volunteers.

This annual program is scheduled at the Academy of Notre Dame from June 14, 2021 - June 18, 2021.