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Julie Billiart. Julie Billiart, SNDdeN (12 July 1751 – 8 April 1816) was a French Catholic nun, educator, and cofounder of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was born in Cuvilly, a village in Picardy, in northern France. She was paralyzed and bedridden for 22 years, but was well known for her prayer, her embroidery skills, and her ...
Pope Paul VI canonized St. Julie Billiart in 1969. With the inspiration of the Second Vatican Council, and with ecclesiastical approval, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur updated their Constitutions in 1984. Their charism now, as then, is to make known God's goodness.
Notre Dame de Namur University offers traditional dorm living in Julie Billiart Hall and St. Joseph's Hall, which are named for the co-foundresses of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Sister Julie Billiart and Sister St. Joseph Blin de Bourdon. The Carroll, Kane, and Wilkie Apartments are available for upperclassmen.
The first 10 branch houses, established before 1816, were all in present day Belgium and in 1809 the headquarters were moved to Namur. In 1816 Julie Billiart died, and her position as head of the Sisters of Notre Dame was taken over by Blin de Bourdon, or Sr. St. Joseph, as she was known among the Sisters.
Stevenson University was founded in Maryland as Villa Julie College in 1947 by the Roman Catholic women's religious order Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as a one-year school training women to become medical secretaries. The college was named for Saint Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame.
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Sister Superior Julia McGroarty (13 February 1827 – 12 November 1901) was an Irish-American Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur nun and educator. [1] She was the first American superior of the order, and oversaw the expansion of the order's educational work in the United States, founding Trinity Washington University.
The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur base their spirituality on the teachings of their Mother Foundress, Saint Julie Billiart. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur founded other schools in the United Kingdom: [citation needed] Notre Dame High School, Glasgow; Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College, Leeds; Notre Dame High School, Norwich
The O'Connor Mansion, was donated in 1898 to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur by Judge Myles P. O'Connor and his wife, Amanda. In 1958, the construction of two buildings began. Julie Billiart Hall served the purpose of a gathering place for school functions, a gym, and a cafeteria. Madonna Hall, later renamed Donnelly Hall in honor of Sister ...