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Story
You look on us amazed, as women will
at daughters growing generations after
them. We are all this century knows
of any value in your venturing
into a wilderness where Christ was
waiting for you …
Prayer
Fragile forerunners of ourselves, we thank you for your coming,Bearing sainted heroes’ names across the seas.You are a litany chanted down the years:Theodore, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Ligouri,Olympiade, with St. Francis Xavier scurrying after youAnother year. You look on us amazed, as women willAt daughters growing generationsAfter them.We are all this century knowsOf any value…
Sister Thomas Jeanne has been a Sister of Providence since 1960. She spent more than 35 years ministering in Nevada and California. She currently ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.