Consecrated women are baptised and practising Catholics who have received a personal call from Christ to follow him more closely in a unique way of living in a Community. Consecrated women commit themselves to the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience. Their lives testify to the values of the...
The month of August is usually a month of multiple celebrations in our congregation. Twenty-nine postulants who expressed their desire and zeal to serve God and humanity in His Church through the congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus were received and given the religious habit of the...
Annual retreats are scheduled to give the Sisters the opportunity to take some time away from work and other obligations in order to renew their spiritual strength. This period enables the Sisters to deepen their personal relationship with God, do a self-evaluation and renew their commitment to Christ in the...
Canada Day is a day to reflect on what it means to be Canadian, to share what makes us proud and to celebrate and thank God for this beautiful land that we now call home. This pride is reflected in as many ways as there are Canadians. Canada Day highlights...
This is really a month of the Great ALLELUIA. This is because our Saviour and Lord, Jesus Christ conquered, Death and the Grave and in His great Power rose from the dead making us all the children of the Resurrection. So, we urge each of you to ask for God’s...
To all of our friends and benefactors far and wide, we, the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus in Canada want to wish you a blessed Christmas Season, in the joy and salvation in the heart of the Christ Child. May you and your loved ones be filled with the...
Once again we are at the end of the Church’s Liturgical Year. This is just a reminder that, the church’s liturgical year ends with the celebration of the feast of Christ the King which is usually on the fourth Sunday of November and the days following it till the evening...
Beloved friends of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, Peace be with you. I find it a privilege to reach out to you (individually, as families and as communities) during this period of COVID 19 pandemic. Every passing day is a precious gift as we reassure ourselves of the...
Easter is the greatest feast of all in our faith. It is the period the hopelessness caused by the death of Christ turned into Eternal hope and Life. The whole story on Christ’ empty Tomb (His Resurrection) is found in the following Scriptural passages: The Gospels of Matthew 28.1-8, Mark...
After 39 days from Ash Wednesday in 2018, we are now poised to begin the Holy Week celebrations. Lent 2018 cannot be relived but we have Palm Sunday to step into the Holy Week. But why Palm Sunday? Palm Sunday has to be because Jesus was given a hero’s reception...
