Thanks on Thursday (Click for PDF) — Here is a prophetic prayer of thanksgiving for progress regarding equal rights for men and women and a church that is open to all. Read the story of Irene Gassmann, a Benedictine sister in Switzerland who led this movement, and will be a speaker at the ANDANTE Europa study days in April 2025. Maria Dinnendahl, SHCJ translated the prayer from German to English.

“Aging as a Spiritual Practice” (Click for PDF) — On the February 2nd feast of the presentation, we ponder two elders — Simeon and Anna — holding Jesus with joy and thanksgiving. Here is food for thought and prayer about what it means to age faithfully.

DAWN (Click for PDF) — Methodist pastor Stephen Garnaas-Holmes spins a poem from Zachary’s canticle heralding the coming of the dawn into the world’s darkness.

Hope for Women (Click for PDF) — Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, HHCJ the founder and executive director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, has been named the laureate of the 2024 Opus Prize — a $1.2 million award recognizing transformative humanitarian work.

THE RE-OPENING OF NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, Paris – an interview with Marguerite Bouteloup, SHCJ about the significance of the restoration of this much-treasured medieval cathedral after extensive fire damage five years ago.

CHRIST in the RUBBLE (Click for PDF) — A Christmas greeting and reflection by the Society Leadership Team on an image by artist Kelly Latimore. In living the mystery of the Incarnation, SHCJ  are among those who bring hope in a world overburdened by rubble.

Visit the School for Synodality (Click for PDF) — newly opened in the Diocese of Northampton to serve the church in England and Wales

A Celebration of Life – a 13-minute video; José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, offers a reflection in Washington National Cathedral in honor of the WCK workers killed while feeding the hungry during the war in Gaza