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Friday, June 29, 2012

On this day in 1841, Mother Duchesne ...



June 29, 1841 ~ Mother Duchesne left St. Louis for the Potawatomi mission of St. Mary at Sugar Creek, with Mothers Mathevon, O'Connor, and Sister Amyot.  On June 29, 1842, she returned to St. Louis with Father Varhaegan, S.J., then went to St. Charles for the last decade of her life.

Taken from the book: Through the Year with Philippine Duchesne