Completed U.S. saints' causes now include St. Mother Theodore Guerin

Published: 2006-10-16

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With the Oct. 15 canonization of St. Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., seven sainthood causes from the United States have been successfully completed. Of these U.S. saints, only two, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Katharine Drexel, are native-born; the others were born in Europe and came to North America as missionaries. The saints are: the Jesuit North American martyrs: St. Rene Goupil (1607-1642), St. Isaac Jogues (1607-1646), St. Jean Lalande (died 1646), St. Antoine Daniel (1601-1648), St. Jean de Brebeuf (1593-1649), St. Gabriel Lalemant (1610-1649), St. Charles Garnier (circa 1606-1649) and St. Noel Chabanel (1613-1649); St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917); St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821); St. John Nepomucene Neumann (1811-1860); St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852); St. Katharine Drexel (1858-1955); and St. Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856).

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