February 02, 2026


And Cornelia’s companion— what were views in the selection of them? She did not look for saints but for the material to make saints... She did not wish [them] to lose their individuality, but sanctify the character given them by God. “Be yourself,” she would say, “but make that self just what Our Lord wants it to be.”

— Mary Francis Bellasis, Biographer of Cornelia Connelly, (D73:174)