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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sr. Mary Bourdon, RJM – Head of School, Washington School for Girls In December, Washington School for Girls (WSG) hired Jaztina Somerville, WSG ’06, to join the Office of Student Life and Graduate Support. She is the first alumna to return to work at WSG in a full-time position, and the staff and students are […]
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“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
