28 July 2017 By Anne Stewart, SHCJ Many people will know that Salford Loaves and Fishes has been in temporary accommodation for well over a year. At first we were in Portacabins on a car park and then in part of a building which housed a curtain rail factory! I am however pleased to say […]
28 July, 2017 By Anne Stewart, SHCJ Step into the Gap, CAFOD’s gap year programme, is an opportunity to volunteer in the UK, gain experience, and develop leadership skills. The 8 Step Into the Gap volunteers had their final evaluation at the Cherwell Centre in Oxford July 8-9. It was a very good weekend and […]
7 June 2017 Many SHCJ and friends recently gathered at our care home Apley Grange in Harrogate to rejoice with sisters Oswin Marsh, Mary Lalor, Helen Forshaw and Margaret Mary Somerville on their diamond jubilee (60 years). Monsignor Pat Hennessey celebrated the Mass. The Apley Grange staff left no stone unturned to make the day […]
1 June 2017 Last month, some members of the Society’s European Province assembled for holiday in the Lake District, a mountainous region in North West England. A wonderful time was had by all!
9 May 2017 [arve url=”https://vimeo.com/215529116″ mode=”normal” /] British playwright Diane Samuels and research consultant Ghislaine Kenyon (alumna of Mayfield School, England) are working on a full-length play called WALTZ WITH ME, which evokes the life of Cornelia Connelly. They visited the United States in April to run workshops on the play at Rosemont College and […]
1 May 2017 By Maria Dinnendahl, SHCJ Recently, some of the Society’s founder Cornelia Connelly‘s family members made a visit to Mayfield, England. Charlotte Vanni d’Archirafi, the Danish wife of Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi, great-great-grandson of Cornelia’s son Frank, contacted Mayfield School and asked if the family could visit, and of course she was told that […]
26 April 2017 British playwright Diane Samuels and research consultant Ghislaine Kenyon (alumna of Mayfield School, England) are working on a full-length play called WALTZ WITH ME, which evokes the life of Cornelia Connelly. They visited the United States in April to run workshops on the play at Rosemont College in Pennsylvania and School of […]
April 17, 2017 By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Forty-seven years ago (1970), the deteriorating condition of Mother Earth led to Earth Day in her honor. Begun as a secular observation, faith communities now join on this day to celebrate God’s lavish gifts and to remind us to care for them. Pope Francis’ many documents on care […]
18 April 2017 Society of the Holy Child Jesus founder Cornelia Connelly died on this date in 1879. By Michele Puma, SHCJ The Readings in today’s Liturgy still focus on Jesus’ Crucifixion and Resurrection, we on the other hand have just experienced the suffering and death of Sister Veronica Grover and we are preparing for […]
25 April 2017 Mayfield School’s Head of Ceramics, Tim Rees-Moorlah, has written an article for The National Society for Education in Art and Design magazine about flying the flag for ceramics at a time when reduced budgets, resources and support has seen its gradual demise as a subject area in arts education. To read the article in full please […]
