February 17, 2017 This is the first in a series of articles written by Carlotta Bartone, SHCJ, for Our Cornelia. Sister Carlotta presents an overview of the canonization process from early Christian times to the present. She shares the journey of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus to promote the cause of Cornelia Connelly, […]
February 17, 2017 By Judith Lancaster, SHCJ Epiphany, the visit of the wise men to Bethlehem, was the feast that Cornelia chose as the most important celebration of the year for the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, ‘our great feast of the year’ as she called it. We may wonder: Why? Why did she […]
February 15, 2017 Carmen Chavez, Executive Director of Casa Cornelia Law Center, recently spoke to Society members, staff and supporters about the patterns and causes of migration in all parts of the world. She also told the audience how the Law Center offers legal help to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, with particular programs for […]
February 2, 2017 The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States, has said that it is “deeply disturbed by many of President Trump’s recent executive orders. His misplaced priorities and denigration of the values that form the bedrock of this nation, […]
The Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child Jesus at Mpeasem, Cape Coast, Ghana opened in 2016. Here are a few photos of the new school building.
February 1, 2017 Please help us congratulate the newly-appointed leadership team of the European Province! The team consists of sisters who provide a pastoral ministry of love and service, combining spiritual leadership and administration. The team members who will take office in May are: (front row l to r) Jean Newbold, Anne Stewart and Carmel […]
February 1, 2017 By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Before Big Business exploited the commercial value of February 14th by selling cards, candy, candles, and flowers*, the day honored St. Valentine — a Roman priest who secretly married couples when the emperor had forbidden his soldiers to marry. For this, Valentine was executed. His feast day was […]
January 15, 2017 marks the 208th anniversary of the birth of Cornelia Connelly, an American-born wife and mother and a zealous convert who became the founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in England in 1846. View a complete timeline of her life by clicking here and read about her story here and […]
Below are some of the videos we made and published in 2016. To watch all our the videos from The Society of the Holy Child Jesus, check out our Vimeo account.
Dec. 26, 2016 Corn husks in the United States; thorn wood from Nigeria; ceramics in Chile… The materials artists from around the world use to depict the birth of Jesus contribute to how we think about Advent and Christmas, indeed about God. Over the years the Society has accumulated a small collection of international Nativity […]
