Stories about

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Letter from a saint: to Rev. J. Bouvier

By Connie McCammon | October 13, 2010 |

Portions of a letter to the Most Rev. J. Bouvier (The Most Rev. J. Bouvier was the Bishop of Le Mans, France. This letter was dated April 20, 1854.) “America…

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Letter from a saint: to Rev. J. Bouvier

By Connie McCammon | October 6, 2010 |

Portions of a letter to the Most Rev. J. Bouvier (The Most Rev. J. Bouvier was the Bishop of Le Mans, France. This letter was dated Jan. 6, 1854.) “Our…

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Feast Day 2010

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | October 4, 2010 |

Happy Feast! What a wonderful community gathered to celebrate the life of Saint Mother Theodore, our foundress and our model of humanness and holiness. This is the fourth time I’ve…

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Letter from a saint: to Bishop Bouvier

By Connie McCammon | September 8, 2010 |

Portions of a letter to the Most Rev. J. Bouvier (The Most Rev. J. Bouvier was the Bishop of Le Mans, France. This letter was dated Feb. 23, 1843. Mother…

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Letter from a saint: to Father Martin

By Connie McCammon | August 18, 2010 |

Portions of a letter to the Rev. Augustine Martin, May 1, 1841 (Father Martin gave the sisters their first retreat in the United States Nov. 30 to Dec. 7, 1840.…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and the church

By Connie McCammon | March 29, 2010 |

After receiving the Blessed Sacrament upon her arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Mother Theodore Guerin examined the church a little more closely. This is what she writes about it: “No tabernacle, no…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and the Blessed Sacrament

By Connie McCammon | March 26, 2010 |

Once Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions were safely on land at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., the sisters wanted to visit the Blessed Sacrament. The following is what Mother Theodore writes about this…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and fear

By Connie McCammon | March 25, 2010 |

The short journey from Terre Haute to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., took forever as Mother Theodore and her sister-companions were forced to wait several hours for a ferry to cross the Wabash…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and Terre Haute

By Connie McCammon | March 24, 2010 |

Arriving in Terre Haute, Ind., the afternoon of Oct. 21, 1840, Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions spent the night in the city. She writes about Terre Haute: “Like all American…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and smoking

By Connie McCammon | March 23, 2010 |

Traveling by stagecoach from Vincennes to Terre Haute, Ind., was another arduous and dangerous leg of Mother Theodore Guerin’s journey to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Rain made matters even worse. When the…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and Vincennes

By Connie McCammon | March 22, 2010 |

Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions stayed with the Sisters of Charity while in Vincennes, Ind. She writes about Vincennes: “At Vincennes, especially, one might think she was in Noah’s ark.…

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Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and corduroy roads

By Connie McCammon | March 19, 2010 |

Mother Theodore Guerin and her sister-companions traveled by stagecoach from Evansville to Vincennes, Ind. She writes about this uncomfortable trip: “ … we entered a thick forest where we saw the…

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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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