Lavinia Crosse (1821 - 1890) founded the
Community of All Hallows
The Community of All Hallows is an Anglican religious order based in Ditchingham, near Bungay, Suffolk, under the jurisdiction of the Church of England. The religious sisters lead a life of prayer and service providing hospitality and spiritual ...
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Ditchingham in 1855. She was the daughter of the famous Norwich surgeon,
John Green Crosse
John Green Crosse, FRCS, FRS (6 September 1790 – 9 June 1850) was a well-known English surgeon of his day, at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
After completing his apprenticeship in Stowmarket, he studied at St. George's Hospital and at t ...
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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.
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.
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Lavinia Crosse and Community of All Hallows
19th-century English people
People from Ditchingham
1821 births
1890 deaths
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