By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ This April will be my 45th time celebrating Earth Day and my 63rd time celebrating Easter, doing both as I celebrate my Diamond Jubilee as a vowed Sister of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ). These three observances contribute to my ability and desire to celebrate life as I mark my 80th […]
Pope Francis met with an international group of formators of religious life on Saturday, April 11 at the Vatican, encouraging them to be witnesses of the beauty of consecrated life. The group of about 1,300 was in Rome to participate at the five-day conference in Rome, which had as its theme “Living in Christ according […]
Holy Child College, the Catholic school for girls in Lagos, Nigeria, that was started by the Society on April 9, 1945 is celebrating 70 years this year. The school, which serves young women ages 9 to 17 from all over the region and some from out of state, is renown for its impressive academics and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
