Holy Child Society drops plan to transfer founder’s remains to Philadelphia
Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez delivers the homily at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia April 6, 2020. More than a thousand English Catholics are objecting to the proposed transfer of the relics of Mother Cornelia Connelly to the Philadelphia basilica. Mother Connelly, founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, was born in Philadelphia in 1809 but died in 1879 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, England. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com)
By Simon Caldwell • Catholic News Service • Posted February 26, 2021
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) A religious order has withdrawn its request to exhume its founder and transfer some of her remains from England to Philadelphia.
Some English Catholics object to transfer of nun s remains to Philadelphia
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Parts of the body of Venerable Mother Cornelia Connelly could be moved from Sussex to Philadelphia HUNDREDS of Catholics have protested in outrage at plans to dig up the founder of one of Britain s top private Catholic schools so part of her body can be moved to America. The Venerable Mother Cornelia Connelly, who died in 1879, was interned beneath the walls of a chapel at Mayfield Girls School in West Sussex - which she founded in 1872. The nun, who is being considered for sainthood, was also the founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, which now wants part of her body removed so it can be kept in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia - the city where she was born in 1809.