The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are a Roman Catholic religious institute of religious sisters, dedicated to providing education to the poor.
The institute was founded in Amiens in 1803, but the opposition of the local bishop to missions outside his diocese led to the moving of headquarters to then French Namur in 1809, from which it spread to become a worldwide organization. The Sisters now have foundations in five continents and in 20 countries.
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