September 30, 2016 SUMMIT, NJ, September 27, 2016 – Timothy J. Saburn, head of school at Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, in Summit, New Jersey, has been awarded a fully-funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership’s 2017 Heads of Schools Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. This distinguished honor, established […]
September 8, 2016 First Day of School A Reflection by a Fifth Grade Student Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, NJ It was a fall evening. I was running around with my brother. The leaves were just turning yellow, red, brown, and orange. I always loved how they looked. It reminded me […]
August 26, 2016 Celebrate World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation with the Holy Child Sisters and the world community. Make time between September 1 – October 4 to reflect and pray with us.
August 18, 2016 Last month, high school students from the Holy Child Network of Schools traveled to New York City to volunteer at the sixth annual Camp Cornelia. From July 9 – 17, the high school students taught a variety of subjects including art, geography, math, music and reading at Cornelia Connelly Center, located on […]
August 12, 2016 Founded in 1988, the Society’s Community Development Investment (CDI) Program gives small loans (up to $25K) to worthy groups working to better the lives of those in poverty. Working Capital for Community Needs (WCCN) is one of the organizations to receive support from the CDI program. Founded in 1984, Working Capital for […]
This election year, the Holy Child Sisters have joined the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) campaign calling for civil discourse for the common good. In a letter drafted by the LCWR, and supported by 5,671 Catholic Sisters, the organization has asked the presidential candidates and their campaigns “to engage in political dialogue that reflects […]
July 28, 2016 By Emily Siegel Emily Siegel, the archives assistant for the American Province and a graduate of Rosemont College, reflects on her experience at a national conference on preserving the histories of women religious. The last week of June 2016 I had the fabulous opportunity to attend 10th Triennial Conference on the History […]
July 27, 2016 Religious Communities nationwide were invited to submit a reflection on “what gardening and gardens mean to them” and “how gardens enhance vocations” for Visions Vocation Guide. We hope you will enjoy the following reflection by Mary Bryan, SHCJ, on her experiences with gardening and how gardens, like vocations, encourage life, nurture the […]
Global Sisters Report, a non-profit source of news and information about Catholic Sisters, has published an article about a recent study that shows that the number of associates in the United States has grown nearly 40 percent, from nearly 25,500 in 2000 to more than 35,000 today. Cathi Duffy, director of SHCJ associates in the […]
July 13, 2016 Preston Kendall, President of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep is a co-sponsored ministry of the Society of Holy Child Jesus. Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep (CRSM) is sending nearly 100 percent of its graduating class to college. On Saturday, June 4, 2016, 78 members of […]
