Eileen Rosaline O'Connor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eileen Rosaline O'Connor

Australian nun

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1892

Place of Birth: Richmond, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1921

Profession: nun

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eileen Rosaline O'Connor (19 February 1892 - 10 January 1921) was an Australian Roman Catholic and the co-founder of the Society of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor (1913) – also known as the Brown Nurses – to provide free nursing services to the poor.
In her childhood she suffered severe spinal trauma that left her confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life; it was through her own hardship that the idea of founding a nursing order for the poor came to mind.
Both she and her fellow co-founder Fr.
Edward McGrath faced initial difficulties in recruiting others to their order but in the end managed to grow an order of nuns who were dedicated to their vision of care for the poor.
But allegations of misconduct between McGrath and O'Connor - later quashed - prevented McGrath's return to Australia which left O'Connor in the difficult position as Superior of leading the order for the remainder of her life. O'Connor had been lauded as a saint in the decades after her death and there were calls for her beatification process to be introduced.
Initial steps were taken in 1974 and additional steps in 2018 in order to launch the official investigation into her reputation for holiness.