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News > Local StateHoly Child Sisters To Make PilgrimageJourney To Louisiana Will Honor Foundress=E2=80=99 200th = BirthdayBy ERIN MAGUIRE, The Bulletin=Sisters of the Delaware County-based =
Society of=20
Holy Child Jesus and their Society Associates will embark on a =
journey to=20
Louisiana in honor of the 200th birthday of their Philadelphia =
native=20
foundress, Cornelia Connelly. Three=20
years ago, Sr. Quinn led the first pilgrimage for the Society =
Associates.=20
Unlike the sisters, the Society Associates do not take formal vows =
as part=20
of the order and keep their independent lifestyles. They =
participate in=20
society activities, as they are able to do so.The trip from April 23-28 = will=20 include visits to her former residence and other sacred places. = This is=20 part of the yearlong bicentennial celebration, which began Oct.=20 12. A now international religious order, the society was = founded in=20 1846 with education at the core of its mission. Today, the sisters = continue to teach and are engaged in other ministries including: = spiritual=20 direction, social work, legal work, health care, parish = administration and=20 pastoral care. The society also sponsors 14 schools as well as = Rosemont=20 College. =E2=80=9CIn the course of the journey, the = pilgrims share their=20 faith stories with one another,=E2=80=9D said Sister Catherine = Quinn, who has=20 journeyed to Grand Coteau, La., with the society for more than 20 = years.=20 =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s always a humbling experience to stand in the = places where she stood=20 and to remember the prices that she paid =E2=80=94 many in a very = tight time=20 frame. It=E2=80=99s awesome. It=E2=80=99s joyous and it=E2=80=99s = very quieting.=E2=80=9D Before Mrs. = Connelly=20 founded the sisters, she was married to a man named Pierce who = later=20 became a priest. The group will visit the Sacred Heart = Convent=20 School, where Mrs. Connelly had taught music lessons to help = provide for=20 her family and will walk the path where Mr. Connelly told his wife = he=20 wanted to be a priest. They will also visit the graveyard where = the=20 Connelly children are buried. The pilgrims will then trek to = Natchez,=20 Miss., where the Mr. and Mrs. Connelly lived for a short time = after they=20 were married in 1831. Sr. Quinn said those who make the = pilgrimage=20 will be =E2=80=9Cmore committed to living out the mission and = spirit of Cornelia=20 than before going to Grand Coteau. We=E2=80=99re called in the = same kind of way=20 that Cornelia was.=E2=80=9D For more information on the = Sisters of the=20 Society of the Holy Child Jesus=E2=80=99 200th anniversary = celebration of its=20 foundress, visit Erin=20 Maguire can be reached at Reader=20 CommentsThe=20
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