Helen Forshaw shcj, Archivist of the European province, writes a regular column for each issue of ‘Province Moments’, published by the European province. You can read Helen’s articles here by opening the Acrobat pdf file for each issue.


The Early Days of Harcourt Street
(October 2005: pdf file 289 KB) Click here to download
Here continues the saga of the early days of Harcourt Street. These extracts from the Annals remind us that, in addition to the usual excitements and alarms of opening a new house, the pioneers had to cope also with war-time uncertainties and rationing.

SHCJ on the Move
(January 2005: pdf file 230 KB) Click here to download
As we were looking forward here in Oxford to the celebration of the centenary of SHCJ Sisters moving from St Clement’s to Cherwell Edge, I wondered what was happening 60 years ago in our province – were there SHCJ on the move to form a new community in a new place?

Pupil Teachers
(November 2004: pdf file 366 KB) Click here to download
The great work of training teachers for Catholic elementary schools: pupil teachers at Nottingham Place and then Cavendish Square...

“I was one of the Pupil Teachers…”
(September 2004: pdf file 400 KB) Click here to download
An unexpected ‘find’ – a letter from a Pupil Teacher…

1904: A Hopeful Beginning
(July 2004: pdf file 207KB)Click here to download
The hopeful beginning took place in Oxford, England when the community moved from cramped quarters in the St Clement’s area to Cherwell Edge, a spacious house. The General Council wanted to expand the boarding school and to have a place where the first SHCJ to study at Oxford University could live.

1904: A sad ending
(June 2004: pdf file 465KB)Click here to download
The sad ending was the closure of the Holy Child school in Boulevard de la Saussaye, Neuilly, France, by Government decree.

2004 – Centenary of 7th General Chapter held in August at Mayfield, England
(May 2004: pdf file 118KB)Click here to download
Now in 2004, the year of our General Chapter, let’s recall what happened at the 7th General Chapter, a hundred years ago.


New Home for European Province Archives
(pdf file 213KB)Click here to download