The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is a member of UNANIMA International, a non-governmental organization advocating on behalf of women and children (particularly those living in poverty), immigrants and refugees, and the environment. You can read UNANIMA’s monthly update for March below.
Celebrate Catholic Sisters for National Catholic Sisters Week
National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW) takes place March 8 – 14, 2016. It celebrates the remarkable contributions and devoted lives of Catholic sisters, in tandem with National Women’s History Month. NCSW was created in 2014 to recognize and celebrate the profound impact Catholic sisters have had historically and presently on the communities in which we […]
Casa Cornelia Law Center Helps Build Lives Free of Fear
February 24, 2016 Carmen M. Chavez, Esq – Executive Director of Casa Cornelia Law Center In 2015, Casa Cornelia Law Center (Casa Cornelia) provided quality legal services to 558 individuals fleeing violence in their home countries, 501 survivors of domestic violence and other serious crimes, 61 human trafficking survivors, and 866 children. The Children’s Program almost […]
Second Half of the Program Year Sees ‘Incredible Changes’
February 24, 2016 Diana Pinto – Executive Director of South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) At South Central LAMP, we are beginning the second half of our program year — a favorite time of the year for our staff! We start seeing incredible changes in parents and children as a result of the […]
Teen Leader a Role Model for Children
February 24, 2016 David Chiles – Executive Director of Providence Center In the Philadelphia neighborhood where we work, 43% of adults over the age of 25 do not have a high school diploma, and less than 5% have a college degree. In this environment, it is critical for children to have role models — people the […]
Visitor from England Links Holy Child Heritage for Students
February 23, 2016 The headmistress of Mayfield School in England visited Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, New Jersey on Friday, February 19, 2016 bringing to life for students just how far the Holy Child Network of Schools and the Society of the Holy Child Jesus reach across the globe. Antonia Beary, […]
“Faith” Visits Holy Child Center
February 22, 2016 Recently the Sisters at Holy Child Center in Rosemont, Pennsylvania received an extra special gift – Faith! A beautiful female golden retriever from Montgomery County’s SPCA, Faith spent time with the community in a group setting and then visited individually with Sisters in their rooms. Faith greeted the Sisters, staff, and friends in […]
Pope Francis’ 2016 Message for Lent
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13). “The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee” 1. Mary, the image of a Church which evangelizes because she is evangelized In the Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, I asked that “the season of Lent in this Jubilee Year be lived […]
Care of Our Common Home During Lent
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Lent, which begins February 10, offers the perfect time to connect the Sunday Scripture readings with Pope Francis’ “urgent appeal … for a new dialog about how we are shaping the future of our planet.” (Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, par. 14) Laudato Si’, the Encyclical News reports (and […]
Hope Partnership for Education Celebrates Kwanzaa
Rose Martin, RSM – Executive Director, Hope Partnership for Education The holidays shone brightly at Hope Partnership this year. Our middle-school students decked the halls with beautifully decorated Christmas trees and lovely crèches at every turn. The more they decorated, the harder it was to keep them focused in the classroom, but our teachers did […]
