"The Woman Who Is Always Praying"

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He who has Jesus has everything

 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin (Feast day - November 18.    Died: 1852
Born in Grenoble, France, in 1769, Rose joined the Society of the Sacred Heart.  In 1818, when she was forty-nine years old, Rose was sent to the United States. She founded a boarding school for daughters of pioneers near St. Louis and opened the first free school west of the Missouri.
At the age of seventy-one, she began a school for Indians, who soon came to call her "the woman who is always praying".
She was courageous in frontier conditions, singleminded in pursuing her dream of serving Native Americans, and  self-accepting.
"Learn to let others do their share of the work. Things may be done less well, but you will have more peace of soul and health of body. And what temporal interest should we not sacrifice in order to gain these blessings?" - 

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  1. Lora Dolores9:19 pm, November 18, 2013

    So inspiring!

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau9:24 pm, November 18, 2013

      she was almost 50 when she went to the wild New World!!

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  2. Anonymous11:09 pm, November 19, 2013

    How wonderful! ...A mid-life mission, rather than a mid-life crisis [I like that alternative!]. I heard she spent many hours in front of the Blessed Sacrament -- "always praying". Much for me to learn--and do!

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