St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (photo: RSCJ / Wikimedia Commons) Kelly Marcum Blogs November 26, 2022. I am not good at praying. Please don’t misunderstand me. I do it.

When St. Rose Philippine Duchesne arrived in what is now St. Charles, Mo., she described the place as “the remotest village in the U.S.” A Sister of the Sacred Heart, Sister Rose arrived from ...

St. Charles, Missouri -- Three friends walked 335 miles in 25 days tracing the journey of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who came to America in 1818 to open schools with the Society of the Sacred ...

Today is the feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who left France in 1818 with four other Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and came to America.

1852: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne dies at the convent she founded in St. Charles Today is the feast day of the French-born nun, who arrived in St. Louis in 1818 and spent 33 years in the St ...

Virginia Snake-Bumann, left, and Anna Berridge pose for a portrait in front of triptych of Rose Philippine Duchesne in the chapel at Duchesne Academy. Virginia Snake-Bauman in 2015 Anna Berridge ...