By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ WHEN: The Pope’s highly anticipated first encyclical is expected to be published June 18th, 2015. TITLE: The expected title is “Laudato sii” (Be Praised or Praised Be), from St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation praising elements of creation and naming them as kin. (How prescient for one untaught in modern science!) […]
Meet Veronica Ufomba: A New Novice Director
The Society of the Holy Child’s next Novice Director of the African Province is preparing to head back to her native Nigeria. Veronica Ufomba will start her new position beginning September 1. She first moved to the United States in 2011 to teach at the Washington School for Girls. Two years later she entered Villanova […]
What is Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation?
Statement on the Release of Megan Rice, SHCJ
Statement from Mary Ann Buckley, SHCJ Society of the Holy Child Jesus American Province Leader May 16, 2015 The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is pleased to learn that Megan Rice, SHCJ, has been released from prison after serving more than two years for trespassing and defacing government property at a federal enriched uranium […]
Listen to our ‘Ask Sister’ Podcast
Anita Quigley, SHCJ, Director of Vocations for the American Province, and Pat Phillips, SHCJ, Executive Director of Wordnet, recently spoke about discernment, prayer, and spirituality on a podcast with A Nun’s Life Ministry. The 55-minute podcast was recorded live on April 24 in Rosemont, Pa. There were about 40 people in the live audience and at […]
Volunteers Return to the Dominican Republic
Cindy and Greg Platko are Holy Child Associates from North Carolina who spent a year as Holy Child Volunteers in 2007-08 in Batey Lecheria in the Dominican Republic. The couple usually returns twice a year to help in the batey, which they did in April 2015. Read their blog post from the Platko’s most recent […]
Follow France White’s Journey on the Camino de Santiago
Year of Consecrated Life, Easter Season, and Earth Day
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ This April will be my 45th time celebrating Earth Day and my 63rd time celebrating Easter, doing both as I celebrate my Diamond Jubilee as a vowed Sister of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ). These three observances contribute to my ability and desire to celebrate life as I mark my 80th […]
‘Understanding Relics’ Exhibit Runs Through April
SHCJ’s American Province Archives invites you to an exhibit entitled, “Understanding Relics.” The exhibit will provide a sampling of relics with a focus on St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, St. Katherine Drexel, St. John Neumann, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. From April 13 – May 1, Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and […]
Reflection on Serving By A Holy Child Volunteer
By Gabby Mejia Holy Child Volunteer Batey Lecheria, Dominican Republic I have been serving as a missionary in the Dominican Republic for about 8 months. It has been an incredibly humbling, challenging, adventurous, overwhelming, crazy time. I’ve learned a lot about myself, about this culture, but most importantly, I have deepened my relationship with Christ […]
