Sisters of Notre Dame

During this week there has been numerous events in honor of founders week. During this time I was able to learn more about our founders and how NDNU came to be the school it is today. Along with that this reading about the two founders, Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Bourdon. These two unlikely friends became the very reason for the existence of this school. This reading was particularly interesting to me because I felt like I could relate to Julie and the fact that she came from not having a lot to doing something extraordinary with her life and for other peoples lives as well. What was also interesting to me was the fact that Francoise came from a lot of money and lived a privileged life, but decided to make something of herself and help found education for people instead of going down the path that most people she knew went down. Additionally, the time period in which these women lived, it was hard for them to make something of themselves or become anything other than what their lives were already planned to be, so the fact that they made their own decisions about their future was a revolutionary thing to do. This also made me have more respect for them and really appreciate that this school I attend was fought so hard for and these women spent so much time and energy into building a place of education and to help others.