Photo Gallery: Foundation Day 2020 at Holy Child Schools
Many Holy Child schools celebrate Foundation Day on October 15. This year it is particularly special as the Society is marking 175 years (and the African Province is celebrating 90 years.) Mayfield...
View ArticleCornelian Maternity and Healthcare Centre Marks 10 Years
16 November, 2020 The event of the 10th anniversary and opening of the hospital extension of Cornelian Maternity and Rural Health Care Centre took place on 23rd October 2020 at the clinic premises....
View ArticleFrom the Archives: War Time Journeys
19 November 2020 Our familiar ways of remembering the sacrifices made in conflicts since the Great War have been sadly altered this year. However, even with the restrictions we have undergone to face...
View ArticleProvidence Center Shapes Future Leaders
19 November 2020 Siria Ana Rivera – Executive Director, Providence Center Providence Center is a sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Aisha Morales was 9 years old and in the 4th...
View ArticleAdvent Reflections 2020
Young child’s drawing of apples inspired by paintings by Paul Cezanne 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Jesus said to his disciples: “Be watchful! Be alert! Mt 13:33 Cornelia Connelly was keen for children – and...
View Article2020 Perpetual Profession of Vows and Silver Jubilee
14 December, 2020 My heart and my soul ring out their joy to God the living God! was the echo on the lips of our beloved celebrants for this year. Four tertians; Sr. Maria David, Sr. Doris Gali, Sr....
View ArticleTwin Sisters Profess Perpetual Vows in the Society
14 December 2020 History has beautifully repeated itself in the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo- Bolgatanga, when twin Rev. Srs, Felicity Amikiya and Perpetua Amikiya made their perpetual Profession of...
View ArticleFrom the Archives in Europe: SHCJ Entering Religious Life
26 January, 2021 From the archives of the European Province…. The 20th of January marked 100 years since the ceremony where Mother Mary Hildegarde Worsley became the first woman religious to be awarded...
View ArticleCristo Rey St. Martin Celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe
26 January, 2021 Preston Kendall, President, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. December normally...
View ArticleLenten Reflections
ASH WEDNESDAY Recently, Damian Howard SJ described FRATELLI TUTTI as an encyclical “for tumultuous times, for a pandemic wrapped inside a financial crisis encased in impending ecological catastrophe”....
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The Venerable Cornelia Connelly 1809 – 1879 Statement from the Society Leadership Team regarding the application to transfer part of the mortal remains of Cornelia to Philadelphia February 2021 In...
View ArticleSisters Benefit from Scholarship Programme
3 March, 2021 Higher Education for Sisters in Africa (HESA) provides opportunities for Catholic women religious in African countries to access undergraduate and master’s level education. The following...
View ArticlePrayer on the Anniversary of Cornelia’s Death
Download PDF Thank you very much to the American province for the prayer celebrating the anniversary of Cornelia’s rising to new life. April-18-Prayer-2021-Final
View ArticleHope Partnership for Education: Core Values Remain Intact
April 28, 2021 Rose Martin, RSM – Executive Director, Hope Partnership for Education Hope Partnership for Education is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Schooling at Hope...
View ArticleHoly Child Sisters Recognized at Mother’s Day Event
28 April, 2021 By Sr. Mary Alexander St. Joseph’s Parish Mukasa, Gidan Mangoro Abuja had a beautiful Mother’s day celebration. The event organized by the Catholic Women Organization ( C.W.O) was aimed...
View ArticleEducation for All: The Life of Sister Colette Dwyer
3 May 2021 From the European Province Archives… In 1967, standing in a field that was home to nine traveller families, a Holy Child sister stopped and asked a simple question: “is there anything I can...
View ArticleCasa Cornelia Law Center’s 2020 Impact Report
15 July 2021 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq. – Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center Casa Cornelia Law Center is a sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Casa Cornelia Law Center is...
View ArticleGhana Communities Celebrate 175th Anniversary
15 July 2021 The Bolgatanga and Wallembelle communities came together to celebrate on 13 June in Bolgatanga, Ghana, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish. Our message was that of thanksgiving to God for...
View ArticleInspiring a Love of Music: SHCJ Musicians and Teachers
11 August 2021 From the European Province Archives… Today’s article looks at the role of music within the SHCJ schools. It focuses on the lives of several musician-sisters of the SHCJ and the spirit in...
View ArticlePerpetual Profession of Vows, Renewal of Vows in Nigeria
11 August 2021 The day finally came. It was a blessed Saturday, 7th August 2021. The weather was clement throughout. All roads led to the Catholic Church of the Epiphany, Ologolo, Lekki-Lagos, Nigeria....
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