Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child Jesus Opens in Abeokuta, Nigeria

31 October, 2018 By Sr. Sarah Egbai, SHCJ, Headmistress, Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child Jesus The activities of the day began with the Holy Mass at 10 am by His Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, the Catholic Bishop of Abeokuta Diocese, and Chairman of the Education Committee of the Catholic Bishops’ […]

Holy Child Sisters Attend National Catholic Education Summit

18 October, 2018 By Sr. Stephanie Ngozi Ugwu, SHCJ ‘Catholic Education in Nigeria: Challenges of Child Protection and Human Sexuality’ is the theme of the 3rd National Catholic Education Summit held in the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Resource Centre, Durumi, Abuja from 15th to 18th October, 2018. Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus in the […]

Society Marks 172nd Anniversary

Feasts of St Edward and St Teresa, October 2018 October 13 and 15 are very important dates to the Society. Our founder Cornelia Connelly and three other women, who became Sisters of the Holy Child, had left for Derby, England on October 13, the feast of St. Edward, exactly six years to the day that […]

Spiritually Enriching Encounters are ‘Treasured Memories’

6 September, 2018 Clarence N. Uzogara, SHCJ, is a contributor to Global Sisters Report’s The Life, a monthly feature about the unique, challenging and lives of women religious around the world. Recently Sister Clarence contributed to the theme, “Ecumenism in experience, sisters share their spiritually enriching encounters.” Her essay is below: In my seven years […]

Society Celebrates Silver Jubilees and Perpetual Professions

Celebration by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus of the Silver Jubilee of Sr. Anita Dominic Ekpo and Sr. Rose Okafor and the Perpetual Profession of Sr. Chinyere Mary Claret Emenogu, Sr. Genevieve Ibedu, Sr. Calister Igbo, Sr. Asabe Gaiya, Sr. Joy Veronica Ushie, Sr. Georginia Onah, and Sr. Angela Ojukwu. Saturday, 18th August […]

Photos: Silver Jubilees and Perpetual Professions

The photos below are the celebration by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus of the Silver Jubilee of Sr. Anita Dominic Ekpo and Sr. Rose Okafor and the Perpetual Profession of Sr. Chinyere Mary Claret Emenogu, Sr. Genevieve Ibedu, Sr. Calister Igbo, Sr. Asabe Gaiya, Sr. Joy Veronica Ushie, Sr. Georginia Onah, and Sr. […]

World Refugee Day

11 June, 2018 By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ, editor of the website Ecospirituality Resources Where do they come from, these human beings who so upset “natives” of many countries who themselves might date to immigrants? They are escaping from war and persecution in Syria; they are fleeing genocide in Myanmar (Burma), overwhelming resources in Bangladesh; they […]

Holy Child Sister Earns Award for her Spiritual Work

16 May 2018   Congratulations to Sr. Henrietta Adindu who received an award on Sunday, 13 May, 2018 on the occasion of the Mothers’ Day celebration at the Seat of Wisdom Parish Adigbe Abeokuta Diocese in recognition and appreciation of her contribution to the growth of the CWO (Catholic Women’s Organisation) in the parish as […]

Essay: Grateful to God for My Mother

14 May 2018 Clarence N. Uzogara, SHCJ recently contributed an essay about herself and her mother to Global Sisters Report. “Life throws into our path many things: the good, the bad and the ugly. However, the way we take in, reflect on, and make something out of these ups and downs makes them transformative learning […]

Holy Child Past Students Judged Best in West Africa

21 March 2018 Two former students of Holy Child School in Cape Coast, Ghana, have been adjudged the overall best candidate and the first runner-up in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). These two candidates were first and second in Ghana as well as in West Africa. Jochebed Adwoa Sutherland and Audrey Emefa […]