The Holy Child Sisters founded Holy Child Elementary School in 1995. Located in Batey Lecheria, the mission site serves impoverished Haitian migrant workers and their families. Today, 475 students attend a Montessori program there and the school continues to grow. Mary, once a student, is now an assistant teacher at the school. Watch this video […]
By Terri Mackenzie SHCJ (Read her blog post on the Spring Equinox in full.) You have surely noticed that daylight is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere (or that it is lessening in the Southern). No doubt our ancestors — dating back aeons — noticed this, too. By all means participate this spring in whatever celebrations […]
Lent 2015 [vimeo id=”120514644″] Every month the Society posts a meditation video with reflection questions that help us build the Holy Child community of prayer. Watch our meditations and then share your thoughts, reactions, and feelings by commenting. You can also share our meditations with your family and friends. Follow this link for all the […]
Holy Child volunteers serve at the mission site of the Sisters of the Holy Child in the Dominican Republic, which encompasses both a school and medical clinic. They provide quality education and service by teaching in the school for one or two years. Apply to be a volunteer. Every year, four Holy Child volunteers live in community […]
Rosemont College is holding its second ethics symposium — Journey to Sustainability — on March 27. It will feature presentations by sustainability scholars and practitioners, workshops on green business practices, and other topics, and a panel of local business leaders with expertise on sustainability. The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is a sponsor of […]
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ This ritual expands our dust-remembrance by celebrating our coming from stardust and by reflecting on the marvel of dust. It is meant to enrich current Ash Wednesday services, not to supplant them. Needed: at least one candle and a dish of dirt or glitter to which everyone will have access. Decide who […]
Rosemont College’s Immaculate Conception Chapel was featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer on February 3. Student Laura Bunyard and 13 other students are participating in a digital humanities project that is chronicling the construction of the chapel built in 1941 by the Society. According to the article: Depicting female saints in stained glass was an early […]
[vimeo id=”118447706″] Celebrate a new year with the Society’s “Begin Again” E-Retreat! Make time for the third of three guided video reflections on theme of beginning again: with God, with self, and with others. 2nd Guided Reflection 1st Guided Reflection Every month the Society posts a meditation video with reflection questions that help us build the […]
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Lent begins next month — Ash Wednesday is Feb. 18th! Christians who care about Earth and/or whose Christ-awareness has been enriched by evolutionary biology, physics, and the new cosmology might long for Lent resources that include the suffering, death, and resurrection of Earth. Knowing that Jesus’ life is interconnected with everything […]
[vimeo id=”116863439″] Celebrate Cornelia Connelly’s birthday with the Society’s “Begin Again” E-Retreat! Take time to enjoy the second of three guided video reflections on theme of beginning again: with God, with self, and with others. Every month the Society posts a meditation video with reflection questions that help us build the Holy Child community of […]
