Sr. Ann Schulte, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday, spoke that day about her birthday, her life and her ministries over the past decades as a Holy Child Sister. How do you feel at 80? How did you celebrate this day? How has the journey been so far? Click on the photos below to see […]
By Stephanie Ugwu, SHCJ Indifference is the absence of interest, attention or enthusiasm, having no inclination towards someone or something. When you feel indifferent towards something, you neither like it nor dislike it. Pope Francis reflecting on global suffering especially the plight of the immigrants and refugees stated: “We have become used to the suffering […]
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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 […]
Below are some of the videos we made and published in 2015. To watch all our the videos from The Society of the Holy Child Jesus, check out our Vimeo account. Sister Pauline Ibekwe, administrator of Cornelian Maternity and Rural Health Care Centre at Gidan Mangoro, in the rural area of Abuja, Nigeria, explains what […]
Listed below are our nine first- and second-year novices. Please pray for them as they continue their formation at the Holy Child Novitiate in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Vocation in the African Province Victoria Stephen Dyikuk Born: Plateau State, Nigeria Work Experience: Teaching Interests: Singing, reading and playing basketball. I chose the Society because I […]
Please join us for the Eighth Annual Society of the Holy Child Jesus Awards Dinner honoring: Meg and Tom Healey Alexandra Hellmuth Click here for full invitation The dinner takes place on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Battery Gardens Restaurant, 1 Battery Park, Opposite 17 State Street, New York, NY from 6 to 9 p.m. […]
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 […]
Sister Philomena, recently the Society celebrated 162 years of your life and service in Preston. Can you tell us more about this and how you came to be in the diocese of Lancaster? Yes, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus is older than our diocese of Lancaster! The first five sisters came to Preston […]
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 […]
