As you may have heard, the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus are celebrating their 150th anniversary of serving in the United States this year. To mark this anniversary, the Sisters are making a quilt with highlights from the last 150 years.
If you are an alum of any of the schools below, we need your help! You are invited to make squares for the quilt of your Holy Child memories.
Schools That Need Squares
- Towanda (PA)
- Assumption (PA)
- St. James (PA)
- St. Elizabeth (NYC)
- St. Agatha (PA)
- Hayes Ave., Chicago (IL)
- St. Veronica (PA)
- St. Ignatius (IL)
- St. Mary’s, Melrose (MA)
- Suffern (NY)
- Sheridan Ave. (IL)
- North Shore (IL)
- Glenwood (IL)
- Sts. Peter and Paul (NY)
- St. Lucy (PA)
- Our Lady of Humility (IL)
- Assumption (CA)
- J.W. Hallahan (PA)
- West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School (PA)
- Goretti (PA)
- Prendergast High School (PA)
You do not have to be a quilter to do this! You just need a little imagination and/or help from someone you know who may be a sewer or quilter. If you would like to make a square, please contact Sr. Rosemarie Tedesco at rtedesco@shcj.org or Marian Kennedy Voorhees at mkvoorhees@roadrunner.com for details.
Squares need to be submitted by June 1, 2012 and are to be sent to:
Marian Voorhees
342 Camino Real Rd.
Mooresville, NC 28117
Squares will be assembled by our quilters and exhibited during the celebrations in Philadelphia, PA in October 2012. After that, it will be available for display in our schools, at alumnae or Associate meetings, at parent functions, etc. If you have questions, please contact Sr. Rosemarie Tedesco at rtedesco@shcj.org or Marian Kennedy Voorhees at mkvoorhees@roadrunner.com.
