Cornelia Connelly
American nun, foundress, venerable (1809-1879)
Who they were
Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ (née Cornelia Peacock; January 15, 1809 – April 18, 1879) was an American-born educator who was the founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, a religious congregation in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1846, she founded the first of many Holy Child schools in England. In 1992, Connelly was proclaimed as venerable by Pope John Paul II.
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The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Cornelia Connelly has been declared Venerable; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Society of the Holy Child Jesus: how to help the cause of Cornelia Connelly.
- Society of the Holy Child Jesus — the decree declaring Cornelia Venerable — John Paul II signed the decree on her heroic virtues on 13 June 1992, declaring the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus Venerable.
- Wikidata Q5171155 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cornelia Connelly (CC BY-SA)
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