On 1 January 2021, Sr Monica Cojan CJ will begin her mission as the new Provincial of the Latin European Province (LEP), composed of the former Romanian and Italian Provinces. After a long journey of searching prayer and discernment, the two Provinces agreed to unite to one new Latin European Province. We thank Sr Patricia
On 1 January 2021, Sr Sarah Dobson CJ will begin her mission as the new Provincial of the English Province as Sr Frances Orchard CJ finishes her term of office. She served the Province for 9 years. We thank Sr Frances for all she has done for the Province during these two terms in leadership.
Dear readers, we wish you all a verry merry Christmas and the blessing from our Lord in the crib. This year began with vibrant preparations for our general congregation and turned out to become so different from all that we knew and expected. The Covid19-pandemic changed our social behaviour, our community live, our teaching, our
After a challenging year, our General Superior has written a Christmas letter to all members of CJ worldwide. She contemplates this year by meditating the presents of the three Magi. Follow her in her thoughts and read the whole letter of Sr. Jane Livesey CJ. Christmas 2020 Photo: Stephanie Klepacki on Unsplash
After a challenging year, our General Superior has written a Christmas letter to all members of CJ worldwide. She contemplates this year by meditating the presents of the three magi. Follow her in her thoughts and read the whole letter of Sr. jane Livesey CJ.
The beginning of the year 2020 saw the school opening its doors to the first fifty pupils. Plans were underway for more blocks to be erected. Then came the end of the first term, which was closed abruptly at the end of March due to Covid 19. The second block had just been started. That
This year’s Christmas crib in St. Peter’s Square is a work of art that demands to be discovered. It was created in the second half of the 1960s and takes up current themes of the time. In this way, it builds a bridge between the birth of Jesus, the beginning of the Second Vatican Council
The beginning of the year 2020 saw the school opening its doors to the first fifty pupils. Plans were underway for more blocks to be erected. Then came the end of the first term, which was closed abruptly at the end of March due to Covid 19. The second block had just been started. That
The angels adorn the windows of the Bar Convent in York as a result of a project masterminded by Lauren our marketing manager. She wrote to our Catholic schools with a template of an angel to decorate. She asked them to write a prayer or dedicate the angel to someone they love. Here are some
Sr Marion with the Advent hamper of food donated by the York community. It is being distributed to poor families in York via the Catholic schools network.
On 2 December 2020, Mass was celebrated in the Oratorio de Caravita to honour three religious sisters and one lay volunteer who were martyred in El Salvador 40 years ago. Two Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, an Ursuline sister Dorothy Kazel and Cleveland lay volunteer, Jean Donovan gave their life in trying to
