31 July, 2019 The Guardian (Nigeria) newspaper recently published an article about Holy Child Sister Antoinette Opara. Below is part of the article and a link to the item in full. “With Violet Oranges in Twilight, Rev. Sr. Antoinette Opara brings hope, valour and vigour to pupils and teenagers in the country who may be […]
19 June, 2019 In a Holy Child exchange program first, three students from Cornelia Connelly School in Anaheim, California, USA traveled to Holy Child Senior High School in Cape Coast, Ghana. The girls are having an experience of a lifetime. Follow Connelly teacher Mrs. Gloria Kam‘s blog to see their daily adventures.
12 June, 2019 From the European Province Archives This notebook of ‘Dates and Events from 1846’ lists key moments in the SHCJ’s early history such as the arrival of five sisters at St Ignatius Convent, Preston in 1853, the landing of six members of the society in New York on 12th August 1862 followed by […]
May 15, 2019 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq – Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center Casa Cornelia Law Center is a sponsored ministry by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. At Casa Cornelia’s 25th Anniversary Celebration last October, Board Chair Deacon Jim Vargas announced an $8.5 million 25th Anniversary Campaign which will conclude in October […]
Easter Season Reflections by friend to the Society Teresa Keogh. Pentecost At school many of us learned the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit by rote and maybe, at that time, they made little sense. In today’s gospel reading we hear how the disciples received the Holy Spirit: Jesus ‘breathed on them.’ Breathing on […]
Reflections by Philomena Grimley, SHCJ, Scripture References from Year C Liturgies. HOLY THURSDAY We are all guests tonight, but mostly spectators at the enactment of the gospel. Foot washing. How do they do this in your church? Embarrassed volunteers? Each time just one (freshly washed) foot? Multiple laundered towels (for health and safety)? Yet […]
17 April, 2019 Here are some highlights of 2nd term 2018-19 at Our Lady of Nigeria Nursery Primary School, Oghara. A few weeks after resumption of term on 7th February, 2019, we were cheered by the visit of the Society Leader, Sr. Veronica Openibo. She encouraged the pupils to be good ambassadors of the school […]
17 April, 2019 World-renowned anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall visited Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena to share insight into her nearly 60 years of groundbreaking research that redefined the relationship between humans and animals and shaped the conversation of conservation in the 21st century. During her nearly one-hour talk, Dr. Goodall […]
13 March, 2019 The piece below appears in the Winter 2019 issue of SHCJ Associates Newsletter American Province. To learn more about Cornelia’s spirituality, read the Associates’ Newsletters by clicking here. By by Linda Tarney and Kay Rowan, Associates, USA Linda… As 2019 was approaching, I thought deeply about what my resolutions would be. After […]
Society Leader Veronica Openibo, SHCJ, recently spoke on behalf of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) at the Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the Church. Her message of the necessity of complete transparency in the Church was picked up far and wide. Below are links to a sample of media coverage. […]
