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Eileen Rosaline O'Connor
Australian laywoman, co-founder of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor
Servant of GodFull write-upAustralia
Born
19 February 1892
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Died
10 January 1921
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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were
Eileen O'Connor, disabled and in constant pain from childhood, co-founded the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (the 'brown nurses') in Coogee and died aged 28.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Archdiocese of Sydney opened her cause with a Mass at St Mary's Cathedral on 20 February 2020, when she received the title Servant of God.
The cause
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Eileen Rosaline O'Connor.
Sources
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