May 24, 2019 Dr. Beth Reaves – Head of School, Washington School for Girls (WSG) Washington School for Girls is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Students at the Washington School for Girls recently participated in the DC division of the “Do the Write Thing” challenge. This challenge was part […]
May 15, 2019 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq – Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center Casa Cornelia Law Center is a sponsored ministry by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. At Casa Cornelia’s 25th Anniversary Celebration last October, Board Chair Deacon Jim Vargas announced an $8.5 million 25th Anniversary Campaign which will conclude in October 2020. Campaign funds will […]
May 8, 2019 Diana Pinto – Executive Director, South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) As we celebrate 25 years of empowering families through education, two of our Early Childhood Teachers celebrate 20 years of providing a caring and supportive learning environment for the littlest of our participants. Teachers Leti (née Leticia Larios) and Blanca […]
May 20, 2019 Ann M. Durst, SHCJ, of San Diego, Calif., received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Throughout her 60 years as a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus, Sister Ann has made significant and enduring contributions in the fields of education and […]
May 1, 2019 David Chiles – Executive Director, Providence Center Providence Center will be celebrating our 25th anniversary on May 2nd, a quarter of a century built on the vision of Sr. Nancy Hagenbach’s vision, the unrelenting fidelity of the Holy Child Sisters, and the Sisters’ partnership with the people of Fairhill. This is a […]
April 26, 2019 Meghan McCormick, 2019 Holy Child Spirit Award Recipient and graduate of Holy Child School at Rosemont, was selected to present a question at the CNN Presidential Town Hall with Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday, April 22, 2019. CNN’s Anderson Cooper offered the following introduction of Meghan, “…you got to listen to this […]
Easter Season Reflections by friend to the Society Teresa Keogh. Pentecost At school many of us learned the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit by rote and maybe, at that time, they made little sense. In today’s gospel reading we hear how the disciples received the Holy Spirit: Jesus ‘breathed on them.’ Breathing on […]
Reflections by Philomena Grimley, SHCJ, Scripture References from Year C Liturgies. HOLY THURSDAY We are all guests tonight, but mostly spectators at the enactment of the gospel. Foot washing. How do they do this in your church? Embarrassed volunteers? Each time just one (freshly washed) foot? Multiple laundered towels (for health and safety)? Yet […]
April 12, 2019 World-renowned anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall visited Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus in Pasadena to share insight into her nearly 60 years of groundbreaking research that redefined the relationship between humans and animals and shaped the conversation of conservation in the 21st century. During her nearly one-hour talk, Dr. Goodall […]
April 3, 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. Jonathan Catalan graduated from Cristo Rey St. Martin in 2014 and from Loras College in 2018 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. He was […]
