Holy Child Student: Service “A Big Part of My Life”

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. The following was written by a student at […]

Oak Knoll Student’s Work Chosen For Photo Contest

For the fifth consecutive year, a photograph taken by an Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child student will be featured in an exhibit at Drexel University as part of its highly competitive high school photography contest. The photo, taken by Oak Knoll senior Jasmine Nazaire ‘16, represented a significant accomplishment and a link to her […]

Cornelia Connelly: Finding God in Everyday

By Judith Lancaster, SHCJ It has often been said that Cornelia Connelly’s life has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster: sex, religion, nuns, bishops, abducted children, a wife threatened with kidnap by her estranged husband, salacious court proceedings, high profile media interest… Even in sober reality, her life was undeniably dramatic and controversial; strong […]

Holy Child Students Embrace 12 Days of Kindness

In remembering the true call of the Christmas season, third graders at Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, NJ, embarked on their third annual 12 Days of Kindness campaign this week. The campaign, which started Monday, December 7, was created by Patti Cepparulo, Oak Knoll’s coed elementary school drama and religion teacher, […]

Jubilee Year of Mercy

By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Care of Earth and care of humanity cannot be separated. Pope Francis recently said, “There is a clear link between the protection of nature and the building of a just and equitable social order. There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature, without a renewal of humanity itself.” December […]

Paris: United Nations Conference on Climate Change

The link below is a list of organizations that are following the climate meetings in Paris. Please click to link to find faith based and global and national organizations of interest: Paris COP21 Watch Related links: SHCJ JPIC in the American Province SHCJ JPIC SHCJ Responds to Laudato Si’

Attend our Advent Open House

  Everyone is invited to the Holy Child Sisters’ Advent Open House, which features Nativity scenes from around the world. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 1341 Montgomery Avenue, Main Building, in Rosemont, PA.  You are welcome to attend Mass at 11:30 a.m. Bring the family and friends! Contact […]

Students Inspired by Cornelia’s Words

By Fr. Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., President of Cristo Rey New York High School “Be yourself, but make that self all that God wants it to be.” Cornelia Connelly’s famous words hang on the assembly room wall at Cornelia Connelly Center, and they’ve stuck with CCC graduates Hiliana Arroya and Jasmine Herrera as they embark on […]