By Catie McElwee; Ill by France White, SHCJ; see also A Generous Love

Biography of Cornelia Connelly.

A life of Cornelia Connelly written for children

No. 25:

• Nineteenth Century English Women: Cornelia's Context, pp 3-7
• Pierce Connelly: Not a Bad Man, pp 8-10
• Pierce Connelly: His Call from God, pp 11-20
• Among Valiant Women, pp 21-25
• Angelica Croft SHCJ 1839-1902. pp 26 - 36

No. 22: Images of God:

• Poem
• Woman Imaging God
• Images of God Within an African Perspective
• The Rock of our Trysting Place
• Cornelia Connelly's Images of God in Christ
• Some Images of God Then and Now
• The God of Wonder
• God the Artist
• My Changing Images of God
• God and the Seasons of my Life
• God at the Centre of My Being
• 'Papa Dios' and Kenny
• Yahweh, I Know You are Near
• The God Who Isn't
• O Obani

No. 13;

• The Relevance of Cornelia Connelly's Charism, Pgs. 5-17
• Theolgical Foundations For Apostolic Community, Pgs. 32-49 Pgs.
• Characteristics of an Apostolic Spirituality, Pgs. 55-58
• The Charism of Cornelia and the Signs of our Time; From Inner Liberty to Outward Liberation, Pgs. 59-82.

No. 10;

• In Search of Cornelia; pages 19-16
• Cornelia's Constitutions, Part II; pages 27-55.

Mary Kosch

Time Magazine

Sketch of the Life of Mother Cornelia Connelly Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus, 1809-1879

Lou Ella Hickman, IWBS

Memories of Cornelia's Maternal Love. An excerpt from a small exhibition put together by Sr Helen Forshaw SHCJ from the Documentation for the Cause and photographs in the European Province Archives, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Venerable Cornelia Connelly, 8 January 1809. The exhibition focused on how children experienced Cornelia as Mother. Memories of Cornelia s maternal love experienced by children confided to the care of the SHCJ at St Leonards, both boarding and day school, and at Mark Cross.

By Joseph B Code, MA, STB; Pages 406-436

From the Informatio.

PDF

Transcription of letters.

By Jonathan Daly; Written for the 1988 American Province Gathering at Rosemont College. Video in Archives. Dedicated to Terri McKenzie, SHCJ.

byAnnette Dawson, SHCJ

by Sister Lou Ella Hickman; from "South Texas Catholic," Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi

by Boniface Hanley, OFM

Showing marriages of Ralph Peacock and Mary Bowen and Pierce Connelly and Cornelia Peacock

Pages 73-75; by Robert Ellsberg

By Catie McElwee, Ill by France White, SHCJ; see also Un Amor Generoso

Biography by Judy Talvacchia.

Pylon XXIX, No. 2. Two articles:

• And So We Made a Farm, pages 17-20 (re: Holy Child School, Cape Coast, Ghana)
• Cornelia Belongs to Everyone

Chapter 3 of a thesis by Caritas McCarthy, SHCJ entitled The Spirituality of Cornelia Connelly: A Study of the Charism of the Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Click here to view document.

"Cornelia Connelly's Spirituality and Ideal of Community Life;" Chapter XV of The Positio: Documentary Study for the Canonization Process of the Servant of God Cornelia Connelly (nee Peacock) 1809-1879. Click here to view document.

"Cornelia, Educator," by Radegunde Flaxman, SHCJ. Originally presented at Cherwell Conference, Oxford, England, Summer 1992. This revised version was presented at meetings of the Trustees of Holy Child Schools in the US in November, 1992.

Pylon XXVII, No. 1, selected article:

• Merty Forgot - Letter to Pierce, p. 31-32, 37

Lancaster, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus founded by Cornelia Connelly, examines biographies written by other SHCJ sisters about Connelly, who lived a sometimes tumultuous life as "successively a wife, a mother and a religious sister inevitably implying differing images of femininity and holiness." Available via Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Yes, Lord, always yes : a life of Cornelia Connelly 1809-1879; founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus / Elizabeth Mary Strub. Download 2021 revision via link above. (This is a large file and may take a while to download based on your Internet connection.) The 2016 version is available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view that copy.

The life of Cornelia Connelly. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Studies and Reflections on the Heritage of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus; Special Commemorative Issue; "Cornelia Connelly and the Spirit of Suffering Obedience."

The Pylon : Cornelia Connelly Special Issue, Volume XXIX, Number 3, 1968. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

The spirituality of Cornelia Connelly : in God, for God, with God / Caritas McCarthy SHCJ. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Connelly vs. Connelly / by Rev. Brendan Larnen, O.P. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Du mariage au cloître : une religieuse américaine, Cornélia Connelly. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

The triumph of trust : the story of Mother Connelly / by Mother Mary Eleanor, S.H.C.J. with illustrations by Victoria Donohoe. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

The Case of Cornelia Connelly / Juliana Wadham. The incredible story of an extraordinary American told in full for the first time. Available via Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Yes to Suffering, Yes to Joy, by Claire Sullivan, S.H.C.J. Unpublished manuscript. Available via Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

"Imprimatur: Lutetiae Parisiorum die 14a januarii 1930 V. Dupin" Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Sí, Señor, Siempre Si: Vida de Cornelia Connelly, 1809-1879; Fundadora de la Sociedad del Santo Niño Jesús / Elizabeth Mary Strub. Slight variation in the placement on the Reflections pages. In the Spanish translation, the Reflections pages appear immediately following the chapter. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to view.

Letter from Reverend Mother Angelica Croft to Cornelia's brother-in-law John Connelly, describing her death. From Pylon, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring 1959, Pages 1-11.

A description of the dramatization of "the lawsuit brought by Pierce Connelly against Mother Connelly for the restitution of conjugal rights." Includes excerpts from reviews of the play. From Pylon, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, Summer 1961, pages 8-9.

A look at what preparation Corneia had for her task by Sr. Radegunde Flaxman. From Source, No.3, 1972, pages 1-21.

Cornelia's writings prior to the Constitutions by Sr. Caritas McCarthy, SHCJ. From Source, No.3, 1972, pages 25-35.

A look at "the background reading Cornelia used in building up her spirtual teaching," by Sr. Mary Ursula Blake, SHCJ. From Source, No. 3, 1972, pages 36-44.

A description of those incidents in Cornelia's life which provide evidence for her witness to heroic love by Marie Madeleine Amy, SHCJ. From Source, No. 5, 1976, pages 20-30.

Presented to the Positio group at St. Leonards on 29 September 1976. From Source, No. 6, Spring 1977, pages 3-9.

By Mary Dennis Lynch, SHCJ. From Source, No. 6, Spring 1977, pages 10-23.

Created to support the projects in process during the "year of Cornelia." Caritas McCarthy, SHCJ. From Source, No. 8, Spring-Autumn 1978, pages 4-28.

By Caritas McCarthy, SHCJ. From Source, No. 12, Spring 1983, pages 53-64.

Revised text of a paper first given at SHCJ European Province Meeting, 5 April 1988. From Source, No. 17, Summer 1988, pages 3-11.

Online article by historian Dr. Pat McNamara. He blogs about American Catholic History at McNamara's Blog.

Southwarcen : Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Cornelia Connelly Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus : Documentation presented by the Historical Commission : Volume 63 Materials collected by Mother Maria Joseph Buckle for a life of Cornelia Connelly Parts 1 and 2. Part of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus Collection at the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to access document.

Southwarcen : Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Cornelia Connelly Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus : Documentation presented by the Historical Commission : Volume 65 Materials collected by Mother Maria Joseph Buckle for a life of Cornelia Connelly Parts 5 and 6. Part of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus Collection at Villanova Digital Library. Click here to access document.

Southwarcen : Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Cornelia Connelly Foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus : Documentation presented by the Historical Commission : Volume 66 Materials collected by Mother Maria Joseph Buckle for a life of Cornelia Connelly Part 7. Part of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus Collection at the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to access document.

Cornelia Connelly : 1809-1879 : Foundress Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Reprint of the original. Available via the Villanova Digital Library. Click here to access.

Article written by Catherine Addington, Ph.D. student in Spanish at the University of Virginia. See SHCJ response here.

By "A Member of the Society" with preface by Cardinal Gasquet. Also known as "The Gompertz Life."

Click here to view document.

From an unpublished work in progress by Elizabeth Mary Strub, SHCJ, with permission of the author, 4 October 2002.

by Elizabeth Mary Strub, SHCJ. Holy Week, Rome, 1978

by Helen Forshaw, SHCJ from her series, From the Archivist's Desk.

"Extract from the actual text of CC's written and sworn testimony in the case - Connelly vs. Connelly."

Description of event with notes and reflections by Mother Mary Amadeus, SHCJ.

An amateur detective's take on the case from the SleuthSayer website.

Article about school where Cornelia taught as a new bride and young mother.

by Professor Barbara newman, Northwestern University.

Article by John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus, Criterion.

Follow-up to article about Cornelia's grand-nephew, Fred Gaenslen.

Response to this article. Corrections by Judith Lancaster, SHCJ and Eileen McDevitt, SHCJ.

A video about the life and work of Cornelia Connelly produced by the European Province. Available on the SHCJ website or Vimeo.

Excerpt from Quartet in Heaven; Portraits of Four Saintly Women by Sheila Kaye-Smith. Foreword and chapter about Cornelia Connelly.

A collection of material about Cornelia's life with connections for assemblies and prayer services.

Review of A Woman Styled Bold (Flaxman) written by Joann Wolski-Conn, Neumann University, then Neumann College.

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