Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
| Saint Theodora Guerin SP | |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Order | Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods |
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 France  United States
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| Born | Anne-Thérèse Guérin October 2, 1798 Étables-sur-Mer, France |
| Died | May 14, 1856 (aged 57) Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States |
| Resting place | Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana |
| Parents | Laurent Guérin, des Sieurs du Rocher and Elisabeth le Fèvre |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Foundress and Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods |
| Period in office | 1840 - 1856 |
| Successor | Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly |
| Rank | Superior General |
| Religious career | |
| Profession | September 8, 1825 |
| Post | Foundress and Superior General |
| Saint Theodora Guerin | |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | October 1998, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | October 15, 2006, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Major shrine | Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin near the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana |
| Feast | October 3 |
| Patronage | Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana |
Mother Théodore Guérin (1798–1856), designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, was a French-American saint and is the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a congregation of Catholic nuns. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in October 1998 and canonized a saint of the Roman Catholic church on October 15, 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI. Her feast day is October 3.
Guerin is particularly known for her advancement of education in Indiana and elsewhere, founding numerous schools including Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
She was born Anne-Thérèse Guérin on October 2, 1798, in the village of Étables-sur-Mer in Brittany, France. Her parents were Laurent Guérin, an officer in the French Navy under Napoleon Bonaparte, and Isabelle Guérin, née Lefèvre. Anne-Thérèse was born near the end of the French Revolution, which had torn France apart and caused a crisis within French Catholicism. Schools and churches were closed, and many Catholic priests had chosen exile over the guillotine.
Laurent and Isabelle had four children, but only two — Anne-Thérèse and Marie-Jeanne — survived to adulthood. Anne-Thérèse was mostly educated at home by her mother. At the age of 10, she was allowed to take her First Communion, which was two years earlier than the custom of the time. On the day of her First Communion, she confided to the priest in Etables that she wished to enter a religious community.
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