Publisher's Synopsis
This is a biography of the founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in England, Cornelia Peacock Connelly (1809-1879). Originally a wealthy Philadelphia Presbyterian, then an Episcopalian, and the mother of five children, Connelly's spirituality was expressed through her charism.;The book analyzes the life and work of this American woman, who was abandoned and subsequently vilified by her husband Pierce (who had become a Roman Catholic priest and had kidnapped their children), but who went on to find the energy to found a religious order.
