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Chalice, paten, ciborium brought to Towanda by the first group of sisters. Consecrated by Bishop Wood. Inscription inside lid of box: "Chalice and box brought from St. Leonard's on Sea, 1863."

1863

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Chalice, paten, ciborium brought to Towanda by the first group of sisters. Consecrated by Bishop Wood. Inscription inside lid of box: "Chalice and box brought from St. Leonard's on Sea, 1863."

1863

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Chalice, paten, ciborium brought to Towanda by the first group of sisters. Consecrated by Bishop Wood. Inscription inside lid of box: "Chalice and box brought from St. Leonard's on Sea, 1863."

1863

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Photo of Fairlight Hall, near Hastings; given to Cornelia in 1863 by Duchess of Leeds to be used as orphanage.

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Photos of "Mr. Jones' church which he stopped building in 1840. CC completed it, with E.W. Pugin as architect, in 1868." "Interior of convent church in 1880's; see fresco of Nativity executed as memorial to CC." [Property became St. Leonards-on-Sea.]

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of students; "These are some of the girls who were the recipients of Mother Connelly's full educational ideas in which she tried to carry out her mandate from Rome."
1861

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of students; "These are some of the girls who were the recipients of Mother Connelly's full educational ideas in which she tried to carry out her mandate from Rome."
1861

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. "School life at St Leonards was punctuated by fairly regular high days and holidays, among which the students particularly enjoyed the annual picnic for the whole school. In 1863, on 26 May, the Tuesday after Whitsunday, the students, the nuns and the convent chaplain set off by train from St Leonards for a picnic in the romantic ruins of the Archbishop of Canterbury's pre-reformation palace at Mayfield. The train took them to Ticehurst and from there some of them walked and some got a ride in a large open-topped horsedrawn cart. Once they had all arrived, they laid out a large cloth on the grass near the ruins and spread out their picnic lunch: meat pies, boiled eggs, gingerbread, cakes, jam tarts and oranges. And a little fire was lit for the primus stove on which to make the chaplain's tea. We know all this because one of the students, Ceci Bellasis, who later became a Holy Child sister, produced delightful drawings of the journey and of the picnic. And it was that picnic in May 1863 which sparked the hope in Cornelia of purchasing the Mayfield property." (Sr. Judith Lancaster)
1863

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Program from theatrical performance and distribution of prizes; printed on fabric.
July 26, 1881

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of school. "The building on the left was first of all the Teachers Training College, 1856-64. It then became St. Michael's Day school (for the middle classes) with the section nearest the gate at the right end of the building given over to the Poor School. In 1884 it became the Junior School."

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of the school hockey team.

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of Fr. Bernard Vaughan, SJ with the whole school.
c. 1903

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of Sr. Leonard's "Aloysians."
1904

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of aerial view of school and grounds.
1927

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of art classes.
1890s

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of art classes.
1890s

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Wax "bambino" created by Madame Tussaud's wax works for the Christmas Crib at St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Click here for further details.


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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Details re: wax "bambino" created by Madame Tussaud's wax works for the Christmas Crib at St. Leonard's-on-Sea.


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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Tunic made by Cornelia for the "bambino." See places/CCI-EUR-SLOS-13.

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's sketchbook.
1865

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's sketchbook.
1865

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Catherine Colhurst) heraldry notebook.
1879

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Catherine Colhurst) heraldry notebook.
1879

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Catherine Colhurst) heraldry notebook.
1879

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Catherine Colhurst) heraldry notebook.
1879

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Catherine Colhurst) heraldry notebook.
1879

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Miss Clara Bellasis) history atlas.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Miss Clara Bellasis) history atlas.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Miss Clara Bellasis) history atlas.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Miss Clara Bellasis) history atlas.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Pages from a student's (Miss Clara Bellasis) history atlas.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Description: Pages from a student's (Emma ___ Anderton) drawing notebook.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Description: Pages from a student's (Emma ___ Anderton) drawing notebook.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Description: Pages from a student's (Emma ___ Anderton) drawing notebook.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Description: Pages from a student's (Emma ___ Anderton) drawing notebook.
1849

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Inside cover and pages from a student's (Eileen O'Sullivan) devotional journal.
1904

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Inside cover and pages from a student's (Eileen O'Sullivan) devotional journal.
1904

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Program from "Distribution of Prizes."
July 26, 1882

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Program from "Distribution of Prizes."
July 26, 1883

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Student essay entitled "The Game we are Playing Here."

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Student essay entitled "The Game we are Playing Here."

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Student essay entitled "The Game we are Playing Here."

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Cover and pages from "Smuts from Pandemonium," student journal or creative writing notebook
1899-1900

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England.Trunk belonging to Rev. Mr. Jones who gave St. Leonards-on-Sea property to Cornelia.

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England.Trunk belonging to Rev. Mr. Jones who gave St. Leonards-on-Sea property to Cornelia.

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Student work; crayon sketches copied from examples provided by teachers. "M. Teresa Xavier, Dec. 3rd, 1882, Convent, St. Leonards on Sea."
1882

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Student work; crayon sketches copied from examples provided by teachers. "M. Teresa Xavier, Dec. 3rd, 1882, Convent, St. Leonards on Sea."
1882

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Students in courtyard.
1887-88

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Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. Photo of chapel which was used from 1850 until October 1868 when the Convent Church was complete. "The third chapel at All Souls, used for mass un Rev. Mr. Jones' last weeks 1850. It served the convent and the 'parish' until October 1868 when the church was opened. It became the SHCJ refectory and community room."


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