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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Speak to them with respect and…

Speak to them with respect and they will respect you and will respect themselves.

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…I have paid more than sixty…

…I have paid more than sixty thousand francs (on the motherhouse), besides supplying the wants of the one hundred and thirty persons who compose our family. How, are we not daughters of Providence?

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It will always be a need…

It will always be a need for me to open my heart to you.

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Let us take courage, my very…

Let us take courage, my very dear Sisters; the Cross, it is true, awaits us at every turn, but it is the way to heaven.

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Besides the admirable union that exists…

Besides the admirable union that exists between persons of different nationalities, of dispositions so opposite, some well informed, others without education, there is also…a great spirit of faith, of piety and a confidence in God which goes as far, I believe, as it can go.

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Never speak when you are over…

Never speak when you are over – excited, but wait for the impulse of nature to pass away and that of grace to succeed it.

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When we had left our country…

When we had left our country and all that was dear to us… We found waiting for us in a poor log cabin our God, our ALL.

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…It was ordinarily after contemplating these…

…It was ordinarily after contemplating these inspiring scenes that we went down to our cabin to mingle our voices to the majesty of nature in praising its Creator.

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…Often, too, we saw the moon…

…Often, too, we saw the moon arising from the other extremity of the sky. It has its particular kind of beauty, and sometimes the aurora borealis added to the magnificent spectacle.

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…I felt happy to belong to…

…I felt happy to belong to [God], and said to myself, “What will our God be for us in our heavenly home, since even in our exile [God] is so great, so powerful, so magnificent!”

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…I often enjoyed this pleasure, always…

…I often enjoyed this pleasure, always new to me. I must say that it arouses a delightful feeling toward the Author of these marvels.

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…great fish swimming at water level,…

…great fish swimming at water level, bounding about joyfully, chasing each other and playing about quite close to the ship added to the beauty of the scene already so inspiring in itself.

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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.