Notre Dame Academy is a Catholic institution managed by the Patna Notre Dame Sisters Society. Therefore all decisions of the Governing Body find their source in Christian philosophy and theology.

Our Origin

Notre Dame Academy traces its origin to its spiritual mother, St. Julie Billiart of France, who founded the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1804. Her charismatic spirit of finding God’s goodness in everything was handed over to our own foundress, Sister Aloysia Wolbring, who founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame in Coesfeld, Germany, in 1850.

Notre Dame Around the World

Urged by the charism of St. Julie and Sister Aloysia, Notre Dame has established foundations throughout the world. The institution gives witness to God’s love by involvement in various educational, social and medical services in Germany, Italy, England, Holland, United States, South America, Indonesia, India, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Africa, the Philippines, China and Vietnam.

Notre Dame in India

The first Notre Dame school in India was founded in Jamalpur, Bihar, in 1950.

In Patna, Notre Dame Academy was founded in 1960.

Today, Notre Dame institutions are established in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Kerala, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.