a road near the Administration Building, surrounded by trees

…a tender charity has constantly existed among…

…a tender charity has constantly existed among us. … There… is the secret of our strength, the firm foundation of our prosperity, the source of our success.

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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 1840. She was born in France in 1798 and died in the United States in 1856, having lived the last 16 years of her life as a missionary teacher and healer in the Indiana wilderness. A strong leader and an even stronger woman of faith, Saint Mother Theodore and her many words of wisdom shared in her journals and letters continue to inspire people of today.