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Article: The lives of the saints.(The Eighth American Saint: The Life of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods)(Book review)
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- December 8, 2006
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THE EIGHTH AMERICAN SAINT: THE LIFE OF SAINT MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS
By Katherine Burton ACTA Publications, 272 pages, $12.95.
On Oct. 15 the church canonized Mother Theodore Guerin, making her only the eighth saint who lived and worked in the United States. The others are Elizabeth Ann Seton, Mother Cabrini, Katherine Drexel and Rose Philippine Duchesne, each of whom founded orders of women; martyrs Jesuit Fr. Isaac Jogues and his coworker Rene Goupil; and Bishop John Neumann of Philadelphia.
The Eighth American Saint is a comprehensive and detailed biography of Mother Guerin, a ...
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