Lavinia Crosse

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Lavinia Crosse (1821 - 1890) founded the Community of All Hallows in Ditchingham in 1855. [1] [2] She was the daughter of the famous Norwich surgeon, John Green Crosse. [3]

In March 1854 she heard John Armstrong speak at the Norwich assembly rooms in support of a founding a penitentiary at Shipmeadow,near Beccles Suffolk, to rescue girls and women in moral danger. Shortly after, on 9 January 1855, Lavinia Crosse was asked by the council of the penitentiary to supervise this home, as the founder wished to withdraw. [4] [5]

Visits to similar penitentiaries and convents on the continent, convinced Lavinia Crosse that the best way forward was as a religious sisterhood.New Year's Eve 1855 saw the inauguration of the Community of All Hallows by T. T. Carter of Clewer—Mother Lavinia and two novices being received. [4]

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