Holy Child Alums Focus Class Gift on Hygiene and Health

14 March, 2018 Each year, the Saturday after the 5th of March, the Foundation date of the Holy Child School in Cape Coast, Ghana, the annual Speech and Prize-Giving Day is held there. Since 2013, headmistress Rev. Sister Josephine Anto, SHCJ, has been inviting the “year group” to come back and in the spirit of what they […]

Nigerian Sisters Hold Day Of Prayer For National Security

22 February 2018 The African Faith and Justice Network, of which the Society is a member, reports that on Ash Wednesday, Catholic Women Religious in Nigeria held a nationwide day of prayer and fasting to uphold the sacredness of life. The event, a result of a recent AFJN advocacy workshop for the Nigerian Conference of […]

OLNSS Holds 2018 Inter House Sport

21 February 2018 By Rev. Srs, Elizabeth Mgbaramuko, SHCJ and Stephanie Ugwu, SHCJ Hello, all you lovers of physical fitness and fun amidst hard work, its secondary Schools inter house sports season here in Nigeria. PHOTO GALLERY OF THE DAY AT BOTTOM Our Lady of Nigeria Secondary School (OLNSS), Oghara brings you exciting moments of […]

Official Opening of Cornelia Connelly School, Goaso

15 November, 2017 By Esther James, SHCJ It was a beautiful sunny Friday morning, the 13th of October, 2017, commemorating the 171st anniversary of the foundation of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Coincidentally, it was also the 100th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children of […]

Speech Ceremony at Cornelia Connelly School Mpeasem

15 November, 2017 On Friday, 27th October, 2017, the CCSHCJ in Cape Coast, Ghana, marked the 5th anniversary of its inception with its first Speech and Prize-Giving ceremony. Click here for photo gallery from the day. The ceremony began with the opening prayer by Sr. Martha Attakruh, SHCJ, the PLT member of Ghana, followed by […]

Photos: Feast Day at Holy Child Model School Otukpo

2 November 2017 Pupils and staff at Holy Child Model School Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria last month celebrated the Society’s Foundational Feast Day. The celebration was on the 12th of October, Mass was celebrated followed by activities such as debate, poem, special number, drama, current affairs, dance and quiz on history of Cornelia and it […]

First SHCJ Sister Commissioned as a Trained Catechist

12 October 2017 By Anne Schulte, SHCJ “It is great to see you again Sister,” was the enthusiastic greeting given to Sr. Lydia Alphonsus when she arrived at the waiting bus, parked at Church of the Assumption, Falomo, on Sunday 8th October, having just arrived from Jos the day before. The greetings came from her […]

Holy Child Sisters Answer the Call for Maternal Health Care

11 October 2017 Recently it was National Midwifery Week and Global Sisters Report has featured the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in an article about religious women whose ministry is maternal health. You can read about Sr. Rose Okoli, SHCJ, and her work below or via this link: http://globalsistersreport.org/news/ministry/women-religious-answer-call-midwife-globally-49466 [arve url=”https://www.shcj.org/african/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/10/Women-religious-answer-the-call-for-the-midwife-globally.pdf” /]