May 11, 2016 Founded in 1988, the Society’s Community Development Investment (CDI) Program provides small loans (up to $25K) to organizations that serve the poor. In order to share the wonderful works enabled by these loans, the Society we will run a series of short stories highlighting these. Today we start with Project H.O.M.E. in […]
May 10, 2016 On April 29, 2016, Holy Child Academy, Old Westbury, paid special tribute to the Holy Child Sisters at the school’s annual spring gala. Special recognition was given to Jean O’Meara, SHCJ, and Eileen McDevitt, SHCJ, for their extraordinary service over many years. Mary Ann Buckley, SHCJ, accepted an original painting specially commissioned […]
April 21, 2016 Sr. Mary Bourdon, RJM – Head of School, Washington School for Girls (WSG) Washington School for Girls (WSG) introduced a new core project for the 8th grade class where the students developed and worked on independent projects of personal interest. The inspiration for this project came from Google’s innovative “20 percent time” […]
April 21, 2016 Rose Martin, RSM, Executive Director, Hope Partnership for Education Frederic Bertley, Ph.D., says he is never bored at his job. He is the senior vice president of science and education at the Franklin Institute. He came to Hope Partnership for Education several weeks ago to be interviewed by Hope students who are […]
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ (Link to original blog post) Earth Day, April 22, 2016, marks the 46th anniversary of the first Earth Day, arguably the beginning of the environmental movement in the United States. We celebrate Earth Day during the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the time of liturgical celebrations in several […]
April 8, 2016 The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is delighted to announce that the Leadership Team for the years 2016-2022 has been elected at the Delegate Session of its 27th General Chapter in Nemi, Italy. Veronica Openibo, SHCJ, was re-elected Society Leader by the delegates. She was elected to her first term in […]
March 30, 2016 Inspired by an author’s account of serving New York City’s most vulnerable, eight students from Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, NJ, spent part of their Spring Break embracing the seven corporal works of mercy in Washington, D.C. Eight Oak Knoll seniors traveled to our nation’s capital from March […]
March 30, 2016 By Elizabeth Mary Strub, SHCJ “And you, little child, you shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare the way for him. To give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins; this by the tender mercy of our God […]
By Philomena Grimley, SHCJ [vimeo id=”154764646″] Lenten Reflection: What stirs in your heart on this Spirit-led journey?
March 22, 2016 The Eighth Annual Holy Child Awards Dinner was held on March 10, 2016 at Battery Gardens Restaurant in New York City. See all photos from the event. [vimeo id=”159551346″] The honorees for the Faith in Action Award were Meg and Tom Healey. Meg and Tom have had successful careers, and their lives […]
