Society of the Holy Child Jesus

The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is an international community of Roman Catholic sisters founded in England in 1846 by Philadelphia-born Cornelia Connelly. Cornelia converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1835. The Society was approved in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII, and the rules and constitutions were confirmed and ratified by him in 1893.

Ex-libris: Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Schools

Americas

Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, Maryland (6-12)
Cornelia Connelly High School, Anaheim, California
Holy Child Academy, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania (K-8)
Holy Child Academy, Old Westbury, New York (K-8)
Mayfield Junior School, Pasadena, California (K-8)
Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena, California (9-12)
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit, New Jersey (K-6)
Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, Pennsylvania (K-8)
School of the Holy Child, Rye, New York
Holy Child Academy, Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania (closed 1973)
Cornelia Connelly Center, New York, NY

England

Combe Bank School, Sundridge, Kent
St Leonards-Mayfield School, Mayfield, East Sussex
Convent of the Holy Child Jesus (Layton Hill Convent), Blackpool, Lancashire (merged to become St Mary's Catholic College)

Africa

Holy Child High School , Ghana

Higher education

Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania (Originally the Joseph Sinnott Mansion).

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