October 31, 2018 South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (South Central LAMP) marked its 25th anniversary this month! On Saturday, October 20, South Central LAMP joined with friends, benefactors, and volunteers for celebratory brunch and an award ceremony. South Central LAMP provides a supportive, nurturing learning environment for at-risk women and families. The organization offers […]
Hope Partnership: Coming Full Circle
Rose Martin, RSM, Executive Director, Hope Partnership for Education Hope Partnership for Education is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Meet Hope Partnership’s new Enrichment and Summer Program Coordinator, Ms. Brittany Tannehill. This insightful, brave and bold young woman has already made a big splash. She quickly organized the first […]
Providence Center Launches ¡YÁ! Teen Group
October 17, 2018 David Chiles – Executive Director, Providence Center Providence Center is a Sponsored Ministry of the Society of Holy Child Jesus. ¡YÁ! is Providence Center’s new teen service and advocacy group. In Spanish, “¡YÁ!” means, “Enough!” Working on environmental projects and community gardens, our teens are saying enough to dirty parks and playgrounds, […]
Society Marks 172nd Anniversary
Feasts of St Edward and St Teresa, October 2018 October 13 and 15 are very important dates to the Society. Our founder Cornelia Connelly and three other women, who became Sisters of the Holy Child, had left for Derby, England on October 13, the feast of St. Edward, exactly six years to the day that […]
Cornelia Connelly School is the New Home to a Holocaust Survivor’s Art Collection and Museum
Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child in Anaheim, CA, is honored to be the new home to the art collection and museum of Holocaust survivor Mel Mermelstein. During World War II, Mr. Mermelstein was the only member of his family that survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross Rosen, and Buchenwald. After World War II, when Mr. Mermelstein […]
Casa Cornelia’s Translators Bridge the Language Gap
October 8, 2018 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq – Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center In 2017 alone, Casa Cornelia served over 2,440 children, women, and men with pro bono legal assistance in over 50 languages from around the world. Quality representation begins by hearing the client’s story in their own words–in their own language. This is […]
South Central LAMP Celebrates 25 Years of Empowering Families
September 28, 2018 Diana Pinto – Executive Director, South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) This year South Central LAMP celebrates 25 years of empowering families through our educational programs! As the daughter of an immigrant, I know firsthand how important these programs are to the success of the families we serve and feel […]
Holy Child School Connects with Member of “Little Rock Nine”
September 20, 2018 On September 12, 2018, Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child in Anaheim, CA, had the privilege to connect with author Melba Patillo Beals via Skype as part of their All-School Reads program. The All-School Reads program unites the community by having students, faculty, and staff read a book that has literary […]
A Reflection On Service in Kenya
September 19, 2018 Mary Hamilton, SHCJ, ministered in Kenya for two weeks this summer. We invite you to read her reflection on this experience below. By Mary Hamilton, SHCJ On July 24th, I traveled to Kenya as part of a short-term medical mission trip. I went with a group called Touching Lives Ministry headed by […]
Why I Admire Cornelia Connelly
By Stephanie Almozara, Stephanie Almozara is Upper School Theology Department Chair and Director of Campus Ministry at Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, in Summit, NJ. Before joining the Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child community last year, I worked at a Sacred Heart school. I was intrigued by the biography of Sacred […]