{"id":2705,"date":"2026-04-14T18:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:31:33","slug":"anniversary-of-founder-cornelia-connellys-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/anniversary-of-founder-cornelia-connellys-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary of Founder Cornelia Connelly&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"figure alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Photo-of-Cornelia-St.-Leonards-on-Sea-651x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"290\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 184px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 184\/290;\" \/><figcaption>Photo of Cornelia, St. Leonards-on-Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>18 April, 2026 marks the 147th anniversary of the death of Society founder Cornelia Connelly.<\/p>\n<p>On Easter Friday, April 18, 1879, she died at the age of 70 at the Convent of the Holy Child St. Leonards-on-Sea, England in the company of her Sisters. Their memory of her, moments after her death, was an expression on her face of perfect peace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/mayfield-chapel-virtual-tour\/\"><strong>Click here to take a virtual tour of Mayfield Chapel<\/strong><\/a>, where Cornelia is buried.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2018-SHCJ_CorneliaConnellyBook_FINAL-2023.pdf\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> to read a booklet about Cornelia&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/St-Leonards-on-Sea-1-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"548\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 769px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 769\/548;\" \/><figcaption>St. Leonards-on-Sea. Convent at center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"figure aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Mayfield-School-762x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 762px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 762\/1024;\" \/><figcaption>Cornelia&#8217;s tomb at Mayfield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":2706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shcj.org\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}