Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...ather than join an established order, it was Connelly's mission to start a new order which she called the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. As Superior, she and the nuns that joined her opened a boarding school for girls with a full curriculum including English, foreign languages, social studies,

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...largely sick holy people. On Saturday I sent seven Sisters of Charity from New Orleans off on a ship to Santiago...They are yellow fever nurses. O'Reilly to his sister, August 16, 1898, page 1 He continues on the second page: We are moving the troops out of here as fast

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...MC 80, 100.611: Report to the Board of Governors: Committee on Spiritual Renewal and Preparation, 8/16/1967, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8122. [11] Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl, https://www.crsricebowl.org/about/ricebowl-faq. [12] MC 80, 100.463: Congress Hymn: Gift of Finest Wheat, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8120. [13] The 41st IEC: A History, 121. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024

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Irish Land War

...nd War in Ireland over the centuries old landlordism system. By 1879, about 800 families owned half of the country’s land and acted as landlords, renting small plots of land out to the majority of the population (an estimated five million people). The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and the American

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