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LM honors Society of the Holy Child Jesus on=20 anniversary

Published: Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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ARDMORE =E2=80=94 In honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of = Mother Cornelia=20 Connelly, the foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, the = Lower Merion=20 Township Board of Commissioners will present the sisters with a = Resolution on=20 Wednesday, April 15, at 8 p.m. at the Lower Merion Township Building, 75 = E.=20 Lancaster Ave., 2nd Floor.

Sister Mary Broderick will accept on = behalf of=20 the Society.

During 2009 the Sisters of the Holy Child are = celebrating=20 the bicentennial of the birth of Cornelia Connelly, the Philadelphia = native who=20 founded the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in 1846. Today, more than = 160 years=20 later, close to 400 Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus continue her legacy = on four=20 continents: North America, South America, Europe and = Africa.

Mother=20 Connelly=E2=80=99s life was a roller-coaster worthy of a modern soap = opera. She and=20 Episcopal-priest husband the Rev. Pierce Connelly converted to the Roman = Catholic Church where Pierce wanted to be a priest, petitioning the = Pope. He=20 agreed but the devout couple had to separate and Cornelia become a nun. = They did=20 so but Pierce Connelly later reverted to Protestantism and fought in the = British=20 courts =E2=80=94 Mother Connelly had settled in Britain =E2=80=94 to get = his wife back and=20 lost.

Throughout the Philadelphia and Main Line region, close to = 85=20 Sisters of the Holy Child are involved in numerous social, spiritual and = educational programs including afterschool and literacy programs, adult=20 education, computer-training classes and parenting classes. The sisters = help=20 hundreds of people develop their own gifts and talents so that they can = find=20 good jobs, break the cycle of poverty and provide for their families. = The=20 Sisters of the Holy Child have also founded and sponsor Rosemont = College,=20 Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Providence Center, Response-Ability = and Hope=20 Partnership for Education. For more information visit http://www.holychild200.org/. =

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