February 5, 2020 Dr. Beth Reaves – Head of School, Washington School for Girls (WSG) Before the Washington School for Girls community went on Christmas break, our elementary students at The VIEW Campus performed “A Christmas to Believe In.” This play, written by Sharon Kay Chatwell, introduces the Christmas story to a young character who […]
January 29, 2020 Rose Martin, RSM – Executive Director, Hope Partnership for Education High School. Just like a reference to college, high school is one that elicits angst, excitement, fear, frenzy, motivation, and a surplus of other emotions and preparation for the 8th graders. Taylor, an 8th grader at Hope Partnership, knows the importance of […]
January 14, 2020 The Board of Trustees of Rosemont College has announced the appointment of Jayson Boyers, EdD as the College’s 14th President. Currently the President of Cleary University in Howell, Michigan, Dr. Boyers will assume office on July 1st, following the May 31st retirement of President Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, PhD. Provost Lisa M. Dolling, […]
December 4, 2019 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq. – Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center Casa Cornelia Law Center is a sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Every week, Casa Cornelia staff witness the gratitude and joy of clients who receive their humanitarian visas as a result of the legal pro bono work […]
4th Sunday of Advent The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Psalm 24 Brother David Steindl-Rast talks about the overflow – which he describes as the ‘articulation’ or active response of thanksgiving, when […]
December 3, 2019 By Michelle Gergen, Theology Teacher, Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus Holy Child Schools feel like home, and yet we are not meant to stay within the confines of our school gates, or we miss the joy of Cornelia Connelly’s grand exclamation on becoming…“I am a cosmopolitan. The whole world […]
November 27, 2019 Diana Pinto – Executive Director, South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) SC LAMP is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Giving Thanks! Each year I am increasingly in awe of this work the Sisters started so many years ago here in South Central Los Angeles. Their […]
November 20, 2019 Siria Ana Rivera – Executive Director, Providence Center At Providence Center, we strive to be a safe haven in the Fairhill neighborhood. Our area is plagued with the highest rates of poverty, violent crime, and drug use in Philadelphia. Many of our students experience stress and trauma as a result. Stephanie is a […]
October 30, 2019 Preston Kendall, President, Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. by John Geis I spoke with Jessica (CRSM ’07, Loyola University ’14) about her extended stays in the hospital during the school year and her […]
October 23, 2019 In their recently published book HOW TO AVOID BURNOUT, Achieving Life-Giving Work and Ministry, by ACTA Publications, American Province Leader Carroll Juliano, SHCJ, and Loughlan Sofield, ST, address why so many of us lack energy, joy, zeal, and hope in our work and ministries. They explore why we often feel physically and […]
