{"id":30,"date":"2014-01-23T17:37:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T17:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/american.www.shcj.org\/get-involved\/become-an-associate\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:50:07","slug":"as-an-associate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/share-our-mission\/as-an-associate\/","title":{"rendered":"As an Associate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/2014-Associates-2nd-photo.jpg\" alt=\"2014 Associates - 2nd photo\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 760px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 760\/492;\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2024-SHCJ-Associates-Brochure-digital-view.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Assoc-brochure-459x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"417\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 187px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 187\/417;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Being an Associate is never about doing more;<\/strong> <strong>it is about <em>being<\/em> more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being one\u2019s true self, as God calls each of us.<\/li>\n<li>Being a Holy Child Associate is about recognizing that the spirit of the Holy Child Jesus resides in me.<\/li>\n<li>Being an Associate is about cultivating that spirit so that I am more joyful, more compassionate, more reverent, and more aware of God\u2019s presence in my everyday world.<\/li>\n<li>Being an Associate is about a love in action!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you respond, \u201cI want to live this spirit deeply in my life,\u201d contact the Associates at <a href=\"mailto:associates-usa@shcj.org\">associates-usa@shcj.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/share-our-mission\/as-an-associate\/cornelias-spirituality\/\">newsletters<\/a> to learn more about the Associates. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/2024-SHCJ-Associates-Brochure-digital-view.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to download the Associates&#8217; brochure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/support-associates\/\">Support<\/a> the Holy Child Associates with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/support-associates\/\">donation<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Being an Associate is never about doing more; it is about being more: Being one\u2019s true self, as God calls each of us. Being a Holy Child Associate is about recognizing that the spirit of the Holy Child Jesus resides in me. Being an Associate is about cultivating that spirit so that I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/american\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}