Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, three others to be canonized Oct. 15

Published: 2006-07-03

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, the 19th-century foundress of a religious order and numerous schools in Indiana, will be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI Oct. 15 along with a 20th-century Mexican bishop and two Italian religious founders. The date for the canonization Mass was established when the pope and cardinals living in Rome met at the Vatican July 1 for an "ordinary public consistory," a meeting which formally ends the sainthood process. Earlier in the year, the pope had recognized the final miracles needed for the canonizations of the four candidates. Born in France's northern province of Brittany Oct. 2, 1798, Mother Theodore traveled to the United States as a missionary in 1840 at the request of the French-born bishop of Vincennes, Ind. Mother Theodore, who had been superior of the Sisters of Providence at Ruille-sur-Loire in France, founded the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods.

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