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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...Connelly, SCHJ, mostly written by members of her religious order. For more information, contact us and we will be glad to assist you.   [1] Mary Andrew Armour, Cornelia: The Story of Cornelia Connelly, 1809-1879, Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child of Jesus (United States of America: Doubleday

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1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut

..., first sister servant of St. Joseph's Home, no date Kenrick agreed to contact the order. In addition to the five sisters already in Philadelphia, eight others were sent from the motherhouse in Maryland. They lived and worked in the Almshouse and other hospitals, including St. Augustine Church, which Fr.

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