Sister Theodore Guerin (1798 - 1856)

Earlier in the week, on October 3, we celebrated the feast day of St Theodore Guerin, a Roman Catholic sister who came to the United States from France to establish a school and a congregation of religious sisters in Indiana in the 19th century when that state was the Western frontier of our country. Mother Theodore is the patron saint of the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana.  She underwent great hardship and persecution, even at the hands of her bishop, but endured to have a great impact in establishing the Catholic faith in the state of Indiana.  This is a great quote from her: "We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do."  Thank you St Theodore Guerin for your prayers and intercessions for us, for the example of faith that you are for us today.