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...the except below. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Monaghan-pt2.2-online-cip.wav We have to learn how to say prayers together. But we have to learn how to say the prayers individually, and hungrily. When children have problems we have to teach them to kneel down first and say their prayers. We want them to learn to find

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Cornelia Connelly, S.H.C.J.

...a (closed in 1983). The main convent was moved from Derby to Saint Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1848. Cornelia spent most of her time at this convent-school. While at Saint Leonards-on-Sea, foundress Cornelia Connelly passed into eternal life on April 18, 1879, and is interred there. In 1992. She was declared

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Historic Resting Place for Famous and Faithful

...of the graves in the cemetery. Other graves contain the remains of the not-so-famous faithful, who labored to build the Church in Philadelphia. More information about Old St. Mary and its cemetery(ies) can be found in the Records and Researches of the American Catholic Historical Society. Along with other materials

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Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...tion is housed in approximately seven boxes. The bulk of the collection is comprised of incoming correspondence. Some of the larger files with twenty or more letters are from notable figures who helped Shea during his scholarly years. For instance, the collection contains a large file of correspondence between Oscar

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