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Faithfulness and God’s mission: a Foundation Day reflection
...written by Mother Theodore that are oft quoted and perhaps even more so in the lesser-known stories of her day-to-day life. She walked the grounds of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and cared so much for the fledgling school, its students and the teachers. I believe that her prayers are still with us and perhaps with me in a special way because I now watch over the school that she created. She was a woman ahead of her time when it came to...
A Reflection for the 2024 Foundation Day Mass
...a very adept stagecoach driver who, “without losing his American coolness (these are Mother Theodore’s words), managed the horses so dexterously as to set the carriage up again.” Even the horses were part of the saving grace that day. Mother Theodore continues her tale: “We could see dry land a short distance beyond … the horses were cheered at the sight of land … went into a gallop … the water passing over their backs. There was water in the...
Reflections on Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore
Saturday visitors read through the timeline. Hundreds of pilgrims traveled to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Saturday, Oct. 25, as the Sisters of Providence officially opened the Shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, giving people the chance to “Journey with a Saint.” Sister Jan Craven, director of the shrine, conducted a press conference for media that attended the event prior to the opening. “We are ecstatic that these crowds have come,” Sister Jan said. “We’re so happy. We couldn’t be more...
Journals and Letters week 30: No one will ever love you as your old Mother Theodore does
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 270 to the top of 280. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] There are a few different themes to unpack in these ten pages. I’ll begin with Mother Theodore’s deep love for the women in her Congregation to whom she lovingly refers to as her “daughters.” Mothers and daughters We begin with another letter to Sister Basilide, SP, from Mother Theodore. Sister Denise...
Sister Connie Kramer
...regarding the Indiana mission, “If Eucharist is present, I will go,” they struck a chord in Sister Connie’s heart and she said to herself, “I can do that.” All of her life, Sister Connie had watched her own mother begin her day with Eucharist followed by a devotional Way of the Cross. Each and every day from when she was a toddler until she was an adult, Sister Connie treasured going to church with her mother because she was always...
Sister Loretta Maureen Gansemer
...full-time caregiver for her mother until her mother’s death in 2004. Unabashedly, Loretta would name this ministry and this time in her life as the ones she cherished most. Being a caregiver was in her DNA, but the filial bond she shared with her mother was the quintessential inspiration that only one who loves with a daughter’s heart is able to understand. After her mother’s death, she spent nine years as the Director of the Senior Center at Guerin Woods...
A Reflection for National Day of Mourning
I agreed to write a blog for the National Day of Mourning on Nov. 25, 2021, which is Thanksgiving Day, without knowing anything about the history of the special day in the United States. I was very grateful for the gift of technology and for National Today which gave me some significant facts about this day. And, in light of our recent Chapter decision to focus on racism as our justice issue for the next five years, I feel called...
Struggles of a saint: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Why do you admire Saint Mother Theodore Guerin? Perhaps because she was brave? Down-to-earth? A valiant woman of God? Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was not only successful in her mission, she also has served as an inspiration to many. But no person’s success comes without struggle. Do you know the story of Saint Mother Theodore’s painful relationship with the Bishop Cèlestine de la Hailandière of Vincennes, Indiana? The bishop tried to exercise all authority over the community, overlooking Saint Mother...
Journals and Letters week 29: Letters to a beloved companion
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 262 to page 270 mid-page. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] Of Mother Theodore’s companions who came with her from France, my number one favorite is Sister Basilide. I will enjoy meeting her in heaven. (If all goes well for me on that score.) Judging from her letters to Sister Basilide, Mother Theodore had a special love for “this good and...
Journals and Letters week 13: Relationships
...pages. The two travelers “were cheered up” by the loving reception they received at the motherhouse in Ruillé sur Loire. Bishop Bouvier agreed to petition the other French bishops to donate to Mother Theodore’s Indiana mission. Mother Theodore had the joy of meeting the family of Sister St. Francis Xavier Le Fer de la Motte. This sister and Mother Theodore shared a deep, authentic friendship with one another. What joy to meet the family of her dearest friend. Even dearest...
Sisters of Providence transfer saint’s remains
...Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Shrine. Those who attended the Mass, which took place at 11 a.m., were invited to the procession. The move also coincided with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day. According to the Sisters of Providence archives department, this is the seventh time Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s remains have been moved since her death on May 14, 1856. In 1856, Mother Theodore was buried on the knoll near Saint Ann’s Shell Chapel, along with five other sisters. In...
A remarkable woman
This article is reprinted from the summer 2006 issue of HOPE. Editor’s note: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, postulator for the Cause for Sainthood of Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, requested four articles about Blessed Mother Theodore for publication in the official newspaper of the Vatican, L’Osservatore Romano. Three articles address Mother Theodore’s charism, spirituality and missionary spirit. The fourth article summarizes the hopes for the effects of the canonization on the Congregation. The articles, which have been written by Sisters of Providence,...