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Two Holy Child Sisters Make Final Vows
25 August 2016 By Sr. Ann Schulte, SHCJ On Saturday 13th August, 2016, there was an air of expectation as a group of sisters and family members walked from Holy Child College to St. Gregory College’s beautiful new Chapel. A rousing hymn from Dodan Baracks choir, Lagos accompanied the SHCJ sisters with the two candidates […]
Holy Child Novices Make Temporary Vows
17 August 2016 By Stella Envulu, SHCJ In a fast, growing, technological world ruled by materialism and individualism like ours, it is a joy to realize that young people are still willing to give their lives to the service of God and humanity. It is a noble call that is worthwhile. God is worth chasing. […]
SHCJ Temporary Professed Members Gather
10 August 2016 Is Mercy our Charism? This question was the center of reflection this year by the Temporary Professed members of the Society. It was the occasion of our annual workshop and meeting. This year, sisters in Temporary Vows from Ghana, Tchad and of course the host country Nigeria, precisely 40 in number, gathered […]
Congratulations Holy Child Model School Graduates!
10 August 2016 … Generally, one may ask; why do people graduate from school? Graduation at this level for pupils is very significant because it concludes the first stage of their education and begins another. It is a worthwhile experience that can never be wiped away from the sands of time. It is a special […]
Reflection: Losing Track in Discipleship
Losing Track in Discipleship (Matthew 20:20-28) By Gifty Abane, SHCJ The Zebedee brothers left their father to answer the call to be disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, a radical decision of abandoning who they were and who people knew them to be in order to follow the unknown Messiah. They went to Jesus with great […]
Congratulations Holy Child College Graduands!
20 July 2016 There was a stir of excitement in the Chapel and outside, on Saturday 9th July, 2016, as a group of beautiful young ladies filled into their places, to the admiring looks of their parents and friends who had come to join them in the celebration of this, their special Graduation Day! Most […]
Intercultural and Sports Festival at Holy Child Primary School
15 June 2016 As part of the rich heritage of the Cornelian Philosophy of education and our passion for holistic education, the Holy Child Model Nursery and Primary School in Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria had a week-long Intercultural/Sports Festival in May to show-case some cultures in Nigeria like Igede, Idoma, Igbo, Edo, Hausa, Tiv, Delta, […]
SHCJ Attend Media Seminar for Religious Women
15 June 2016 By Stephanie Ugwu, SHCJ Recently a number of Holy Child Sisters living and working in Lagos Archdiocese Nigeria joined their counterparts from other Congregations in a one day media for nuns titled: The Catholic Nun in a Digital Age. The workshop explored how Sisters can engage the tools of the social media […]
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