Congratulations Jubilarians!

Many of our Society members recently celebrated their Jubilees. Watch the video below and express your congratulations on our Facebook page. [vimeo id=”132973998″] 50 Years Barbara Bartlett, SHCJ; Margaret Mary Bell, SHCJ; Catherine Callaghan, SHCJ; Elizabeth Gilmore, SHCJ; Carol Ann Knight, SHCJ; and Bernadette Longtin, SHCJ; Teresa Okura, SHCJ 60 Years Jane Dawley, SHCJ; Mary […]

Holy Child Student Going to Championship

The Certiport Microsoft Office Specialist Examination Competition is a global competition that tests students’ skill on Microsoft Office program Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The students with the highest exam score and lowest time will be rewarded as National winners and will represent Nigeria at the World Championship in Texas, USA. The age range is 13 […]

Congratulations Idongesit Umo-Udofia!

Idongesit Umo-Udofia, SHCJ recently received her post graduate diploma in education at the Catholic University College Fiapre, Sunyani Ghana. Pictured with her are Holy Child Sisters Martha Attakruh and Alberta Bonle, who traveled from Cape Coast to grace the occasion.       The group photo below includes Sisters Martha Attakruh  Alberta Bonle, Martina Azure […]

Graduation at Holy Child College of Education

By Julita Sopururchukwu Obinna, SHCJ The award-giving and graduation ceremony of the 2014 year group took place at the grounds of Holy Child College Education in Takoradi, Ghana, on Saturday, 6th June; and the thanksgiving Mass in the college chapel on Sunday, 7th June, 2015. Graduates received their registration numbers as qualified teachers of the […]

What is Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation?

A human being is part of the whole. To experience ourselves as something separate from the rest is a kind of optical delusion. This delusion is a kind of prison for us. – Albert Einstein By Jean Newbold, SHCJ The great gift of modern cosmology, which tells the Story of the Universe as far as […]

Meet Veronica Ufomba: A New Novice Director

The Society of the Holy Child’s next Novice Director of the African Province is preparing to head back to her native Nigeria. Veronica Ufomba will start her new position beginning September 1. She first moved to the United States in 2011 to teach at the Washington School for Girls. Two years later she entered Villanova […]

Statement on the Release of Megan Rice, SHCJ

Statement from Mary Ann Buckley, SHCJ Society of the Holy Child Jesus American Province Leader May 16, 2015 The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is pleased to learn that Megan Rice, SHCJ, has been released from prison after serving more than two years for trespassing and defacing government property at a federal enriched uranium […]

SHCJ Talk Discernment on ‘A Nun’s Life’ Podcast

Anita Quigley, SHCJ, Director of Vocations for the American Province, and Pat Phillips, SHCJ, Executive Director of Wordnet, recently spoke about discernment, prayer, and spirituality on a podcast with A Nun’s Life Ministry. The 55-minute podcast was recorded live on April 24 in Rosemont, Pa., USA. There were about 40 people in the live audience […]

SHCJ Attend Conference in Rome

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 […]

Happy 70th, Holy Child College!

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 […]