Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ, celebrates the release of Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource: On Care for Our Common Home. Gather family, friends, parishioners, religious, students, or faculty to experience the power and inspiration of Pope Francis’ words. This resource is available at https://ecospiritualityresources.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/laudatosi-reflectionresource-oncare-2.pdf. Some advantages of Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource: Reading, praying, and discussing quotes from the Encyclical in […]
Adopt-A-Sister: Where Friends Feel Like Family
Amazing things can happen when you spend one hour a week with someone. Fast friends can become life-long friends. A stranger can become like family. The “Adopt-A-Sis Program,” as it is affectionately called, creates intergenerational relationships by matching up college students with retired SHCJ Sisters. It takes place during the school year at Rosemont College […]
Five U.S. Sisters Pope Francis Should Meet
The head of school at Washington School for Girls, Mary Bourdon, RJM, was featured in the Global Sisters Report as one of “Five U.S. Sisters Pope Francis Should Meet While He’s Here.” The school the was founded by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Religious of Jesus and Mary, and the National Council of Negro Women in 1998, […]
Videos: SHCJ on Pope Francis’ Visit to America
In anticipation of Pope Francis’ trip to the United States, we asked some SHCJ how they felt about his visit and his impact in the Church. Pat Tirrell, SHCJ: [vimeo id=”139327041″] Anita Quigley, SHCJ: [vimeo id=”139685512″] Helen McDonald, SHCJ: [vimeo id=”139966856″] Eleanor Hauck, SHCJ: [vimeo id=”140084395″] Mary Popit, SHCJ: [vimeo id=”139912401″]
A Prayer for Refugees
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Pope Francis has proclaimed a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” which will be celebrated annually on September 1. Inspired by the Laudato Si’ encyclical, the Global Catholic Climate Movement invites Catholics to celebrate the “Season of Creation” worldwide, following the example of other Christian denominations and the Catholic Bishops of the […]
10 Ways to Make a Difference from Catholic Climate Covenant
SHCJ partners with Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC) to reduce our carbon footprint. Read the list below from CCC for ideas on how to help. 10 Ways to Make a Difference 1. Be energy efficient. During the summer months, close your curtains to block heat from the sun. During the winter, open your curtains during the […]
Sisters Arrive in California for Educational Internship
SHCJ Sisters Justina Akpakpan and Genevieve Ibedu have recently arrived in Pasadena, California, USA for a five-month-long internship at Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus. Both are teachers who will take what they learned back to their respective Holy Child schools in Nigeria. Sister Justina is at Holy Child Model School and Sister […]
A Happy SHCJ Reunion
Twenty-one alumnae from the Class of 1982 at Holy Child School, Cape Coast, Ghana, visited with the SHCJ at Holy Child Center in Rosemont, Pa. on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The women reminisced about their days at Holy Child, and sang and danced for the Sisters. This was followed by a celebration of the Eucharist […]
Blue Moon and Laudato Si’
By Terri Mackenzie, SHCJ I occasionally visit a club that was the venue for dances I attended as a teen-ager. As I enter, I “hear” the strains of “Blue Moon” — a song I would otherwise never think about. Because the next Blue Moon will be July 31st, I wondered if I could connect blue moons and a […]
