Video: Holy Child Awards Dinner

On Thursday, March 19, the American Province celebrated its Seventh Annual Holy Child Awards Dinner at Aronimink Country Club in Newtown Square, PA. With more than 200 people in attendance, the event honored Madeline Sherry, Esq., Faith in Action Award Recipient, and Annie O’Brien Holy Child Spirit Award Recipient. You can find our photo album […]

We’re Going to Be on Motherhouse Road Trip!

A Nun’s Life Ministry will be visiting SHCJ’s Rosemont, Pa. home New Sharon on a Motherhouse Road Trip, Friday, April 24, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. The “Road Trip” is a podcast that is live-streamed (audio and video) over the Internet. Anita Quigley, SHCJ, Director of Vocations for the American Province, and Pat Phillips, SHCJ, Executive Director of […]

Reflection on Serving: Do It Anyway

By Gabby Mejia Holy Child Volunteer Batey Lecheria, Dominican Republic I have been serving as a missionary in the Dominican Republic for about 8 months. It has been an incredibly humbling, challenging, adventurous, overwhelming, crazy time. I’ve learned a lot about myself, about this culture, but most importantly, I have deepened my relationship with Christ […]

International Day Celebration

As part of its 70th Anniversary celebration, the Holy Child College in Lagos, Nigeria recently held an International Day Celebration. The students dressed and performed to represent many countries around the world. Click here to see many more photos from the day.

Mary’s Story: From Student to Teacher

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 […]

How to Commemorate Spring Equinox

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 […]

Five Poppies – A Poem Inspired by the Horrors of War

By Helen Forshaw SHCJ This year and this season, Lent, memories of that terrible, most pointless of wars, the First World War, are so fresh again around the world. The context for the creation of this poem was a small SHCJ meeting at a Bernadine Convent in July 1992. They had a beautiful chapel, the altar made of […]

Life as a Holy Child Volunteer in the Dominican Republic

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 […]

Feast of the Presentation: Living with Others

Celebrate a new year with the Society’s “Begin Again” E-Retreat! Take time to enjoy 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 […]