Zoom reunion for Blackpool Catholic schools as society marks 175th year
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...
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