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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

An unshakeable trust in God. It set Saint Mother Theodore Guerin apart and makes her a model for us in our daily living. Get to know our brave and inspiring foundress better through these stories.

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“Journals and Letters” week 3: At sea in 1840

I love the many instances where she studies and describes an animal for the reader. She tells of the whale's massive head, as big as a house. The dark brown color of its back and how it spouts out water apparently by respiration as its jets are so regular.

Amy Miranda
October 25, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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To Mother Theodore and companions

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 …

Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot
October 22, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Stories from the Archives
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“Journals and Letters” week 2: The voyage begins

The sea journey seems doomed from the moment they boarded. Thieves, seasickness and bad weather with the added addition of not speaking English and being on an “American” ship, all contribute to a wretched start.

Mary Riley
October 18, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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Join us in reading the “Journals and Letters” of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

To celebrate Mother Theodore's life and many accomplishments that continue even today, we will be revisiting her own words by reading Journals and Letters over the course of a year. Each week we’ll read several pages and reacquaint ourselves with the woman who started it all. Won't you join us?

Mary Riley
October 11, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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A Reflection on the Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

It is her heart and the witness of her life that gives me solace and comfort at times like these.

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
October 5, 2020
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Reflecting on the United States through the writing of Saint Mother Theodore

What words draw you into prayer?

Sister Denise Wilkinson
October 3, 2020
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Denise, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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Nine days of prayer with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

A novena is simply nine consecutive days of prayer. Join the Sisters of Providence as we ask Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to intercede and pray for us on the nine days leading up to her feast day.

Sisters of Providence
September 24, 2020
Community Living, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Ask Sister Dina: Why is the general superior no longer called “Mother”?

A shift occurred after Vatican Council II (1962-1965). Religious institutes began looking into their histories to make changes that brought them back to their founders’ intentions for their communities.

Sister Dina Bato
August 13, 2020
Ask Sister Dina, Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Stories from the Archives
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