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Venerable Cornelia Connelly shows us that no sacrifice made for the love of God goes unrewarded.

The Life - Sister panelists reflected on the following question, and their responses were personal, poetic and moving: What is your favorite time/place to pray? How has your prayer "evolved" in your lifetime?

The Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus celebrated their 175th anniversary in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, where a new shrine has been dedicated to Venerable Cornelia Connelly, founder of the order of religious sisters, who was born in Philadelphia in 1809.

Biology class at Layton Hill with Mother Julia Butcher in 1950. Photo: SHCJ European Province Archives And to mark the occasion, a special reunion via Zoom is taking place on May 8 for past pupils and staff. The Society is a religious order for women and was founded by Cornelia Connelly in 1846. She was an American, born in Philadelphia in 1809 and her own story is quite remarkable. Layton Hill dining hall Sr Genevieve and M.M. Column in 1950. Photo: SHCJ European Province Archives She married an Episcopalian priest, Pierce Connolly, and they had five children, though two died in early infa...

The St Katharine Drexel Prep marching band at Mardi Gras in New Orleans Credit:  roberto galan / Alamy  In 1922, in Beaumont, Texas, the Ku Klux Klan posted a notice outside the church and new school built by Katharine Drexel. “We will not stand by while white priests consort with n----- wenches in the faces of our families. Suppress it in one week or flogging and tar and feathers will follow.” Days later, a tornado smashed the buildings used as Klan headquarters. The Klan never threatened the church in Beaumont again. I don’t think this incident contributed to Katharine Drexel’s ca...