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Transformed by these Woods
...Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Converting a saint Certainly, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin recognized these woods as what Celtic spirituality would name “a thin place.” A place where the boundary between Heaven and Earth is particularly thin and easily crossed. A place where one can more readily sense the divine. Despite her early shock and consternation at finding herself and her companions deep in the wilderness of Indiana, Mother Theodore grew to love the land to which Providence had drawn her....
Journals and Letters week 12: Hardship and consolation
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters“: page 90 to page 102. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin‘s writings every week in the coming year.] The reading picks up after the fire at Saint Mary’s destroyed the barns and granary, other provisions and all the farm equipment. Mother Theodore pours out her heart to Bishop Bouvier, her trusted confidante, letting him know her fears, her burdens as superior, her feelings of depression and yet another disagreement with Bishop...
Journals and Letters week 38: Communicating with postulants and sisters
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” pages page 338 to page 346 bottom. This is located in “Part VI: Later Letters (1846–1856)” starting with “Postulants from Europe.” Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.) Image by Gino Crescoli from Pixabay Mother Theodore had to wear many hats in her lifetime. Her letters throughout the book really exemplify the many roles she had to play. Sometimes she was loving and...
Ciboria from Mother Theodore’s time
This red velvet ciborium was used in the log cabin chapel that greeted Saint Mother Theodore Guerin upon her arrival at the Woods on Oct. 22, 1840. See photos below Deep in the stacks of the Sisters of Providence Archives is a wonderful treasure of ciboria used during the time of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. A ciborium (singular form of ciboria) is a covered vessel for holding the consecrated hosts of Holy Communion. The ciboria featured below were used either...
Program to feature life of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Sister Jan Craven will make Saint Mother Theodore Guerin come alive during a program scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Providence Center conference room at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. There is no charge for the program, but a free-will donation will be accepted. Sister Jan, the coordinator of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Shrine, will offer Mother Theodore 101: Journals and Letters from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EST) that day. This presentation will become part of a monthly series on...
“May we all be saints!” An unpublished letter from Mother Theodore
This next previously unpublished letter from Saint Mother Theodore was written to Sister Mary Xavier. Sister Mary Xavier was one of the original sisters who accompanied Mother Theodore from France to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. If you have read “Journals and Letters” you may recognize her name, as Saint Mother Theodore wrote many letters of advice to the young sister as she was out on mission. Like the last note, this letter was written just months before Mother Theodore’s death. Advising, encouraging,...
Providence prayers for the journey of Advent
...lonely exile here, until a Liberator is near. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Our freedom is at hand. The Dawn of Justice shines upon the land. Advent means coming (Latin adventus; Greek parousia): the coming of Emmanuel (God-with-us) into our lives, the coming of Providence into the universe. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Dec. 25, which in 2014 is today, Nov. 30. This start of the Christian liturgical year invites us to prepare for the coming of light, liberation, and...
Saint Mother Theodore statue dedicated in Ruillé, France
Sunday was a joyous occasion for French and U.S. Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College staff and alums, and many others, when a bronze statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was dedicated at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé sur Loir, France. At the statue dedication, from left: SMWC President Dottie King, former General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Mary Ann Hellmann and Jerry Hellmann. Photo by Dee Reed, SMWC. The statue, made...
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Feast Day reflection
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her writing desk with artifacts from her life as on display in the shrine for the saint at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Sister Diane Mason, director of Providence Associates, offers the following reflection on this Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Here she takes on the voice of the Sisters of Providence founder and speculates on what she might be telling the community today. Our beginning 175 years ago was filled with challenges. Our beginnings were...
10 years a saint! Now what?
...knowing Saint Mother Theodore better at SaintMotherTheodore.org. A new quote from Saint Mother Theodore Guerin is featured each day. While you are there take a moment to read about her life and her inspiring journey. Plan a visit to Saint Mary-of-the- Woods. Light a candle in her shrine with your prayer intention. If you cannot make it here, let a sister pray with you and light a candle in her shrine for you. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, pray for us....
L’association Providence-Armor
A photo of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s childhood home before renovations. I have been thinking a lot lately about the meaning of home. This simple word holds within it so many emotions, images and memories for all of us. No matter where you were raised, the place and the people and your relationships and experiences left an indelible impression. This is a common link among us all. Saint Mother Theodore was born and raised, loved and cherished in her family...
So very human: Making an e-book of Mother Theodore’s words
...cover of the e-book The obvious first choice for this self-assigned project was “Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin.” If you have not read this book, dear readers, let me tell you about it. It has it all. Adventure on the high seas! Perilous journeys into the frontier! Heroines, villains, the sacred and the mundane — a plot filled with ups and downs and all the in-betweens. And then in her letters to friends and foes alike, Mother Theodore...