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Thursday, February 16, 2012

To her cousin Josephine Perier, Baronesse de Savoye-Rollin

Windows from the Thabor Wing of Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
circa 2007

February 16, 1819 ~ Mother Duchesne writes to her cousin Josephine, "We are perfectly happy here at St. Charles, for we have found the Cross, which we expected.  But since the truest crosses are those we do not choose ourselves, God has prepared for us many unexpected trials." 

Taken from the book: Through the Year with Philippine Duchesne

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