Holy Child Sisters Pen Song and Poem to Celebrate Society’s 170 Years

October 12, 2016 The Society is celebrating 170 years this week. Holy Child Sisters Katharine Holmstrom and Agnes Solomon expressed their love for the Society by writing a song and poem, respectively.   By Agnes Solomon, SHCJ   There was a nun by name ‘Cornie’ Who toiled to get a place for God With other […]

Drawing Cornelia’s Story

October 11, 2016 The Society is celebrating 170 years this week. Art has always held a special place within the tradition and spirit of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, especially as part of a Holy Child education. SHCJ founder Cornelia Connelly was an artist who saw all forms of artistic endeavors as invitations […]

New Life!: A Short Story In Honor of Saint Teresa of Avila

October 10, 2106 In honor of the great Saint Teresa of Avila and on the feast of the little Saint Therese of Lisieux, Jeanne Marie Guerin, SHCJ scripted this short story. The Society is celebrating 170 years this week. New Life! The creeping darkness wove its way around the small red plant. Final rays of sun […]

A Reflection on 170 Years of Existence

October 10, 2106 The Society is celebrating 170 years this week. By Maria Ogochukwu Manu, SHCJ “For this is our mission: to help others to believe that he lives and acts in them and in our world, and to rejoice in his presence.” (SHCJ Constitutions #4) We are to carry out our mission as SHCJ […]

The Society Marks 170 Years

October 10, 2016 2016 marks the 170th anniversary of the founding of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. The life of Cornelia Connelly, our founder, was anything but typical. She was a wife of an Episcopalian minister, mother to five children, and ultimately, the founder of our order of Roman Catholic Sisters. The catalyst […]

Photo Gallery: Back to School!

September 28, 2016 From California to the Dominican Republic to England to Nigeria and points in between, students who attend our Holy Child Network of Schools and co-sponsored schools have settled into another year of education of the mind, body and spirit. Have a great school year!

A Reflection on Attending Mass Celebrated by Pope Francis

September 28, 2016 By Jeanne Marie Hatch, SHCJ (Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, PA Saturday, September 26, 2015) I was delighted and grateful to learn I was a winner of one of the nine tickets offered to the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to attend the Papal Mass for priests, religious […]

Holy Child Sisters in England Celebrate Jubilees

27 September 2016 On September 10 some members of the Holy Child community celebrated the Golden Jubilees of Cecilia Snape and Marguerite Bouteloup and the Diamond Jubilees of Madeline Mulrennan and Margaret Leonard at Apley Grange in Harrogate, England. This event was attended by SHCJ members, family and friends. Mass was celebrated by Monsignor Pat […]

SHCJ Celebrates 70 Years in Ghana, Profession of Vows

September 21, 2016 By Sr. Stephanie Ugwu, SHCJ The SHCJ came to Africa in 1930, and by 1946 we began the foundation in Ghana. We started work in Cape Coast then spread to Takoradi, Bolgatanga, Accra and Walembelle. We have opened communities in Goaso, Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. That seed sown 70 years ago […]

Video: African Province Sisters Gather Together

14 September 2016 For a few days in August, Holy Child Sisters traveled from all parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Tchad, all rejoicing to see each other and to find their places in Keffi Street, Obalende convent and the new school hall.