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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Daughters of four different nations [are]…

Daughters of four different nations [are] assembled here in a little chapel under the protection of the Lord in the heart of the dense woods, having nothing in the world but [God] for support and for protection.

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It is astonishing that this remote…

It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and especially for an academy. All appearances are against it.

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October 22! Fifteen years ago today…

October 22! Fifteen years ago today we arrived in our forest. How many graces since then.

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If you fast from your foolish…

If you fast from your foolish imaginations it will be much better.

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The good God gave me the…

The good God gave me the grace to remain calm.

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Sometimes I feel almost sinking under…

Sometimes I feel almost sinking under the weight, not only of present miseries, but still more, perhaps, under the apprehension of future misfortunes with which we are threatened.

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A Sister of Providence cannot go…

A Sister of Providence cannot go to heaven alone.

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How bountifully [God] provides for all…

How bountifully [God] provides for all our wants – I would even say for our pleasures!

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I beg you, take today the…

I beg you, take today the resolution to become saints. … Ask of God the graces you need…

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… may [God] shed on you…

… may [God] shed on you the sweetest lights and the most abundant blessings of [God’s] grace.

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As for myself, I have never…

As for myself, I have never been such a helpless creature but, too, I have never been almost fifty years old.

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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.