Saint Theodore Guerin
Also known as: Mother Theodore; Anne-Thérèse Guérin
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
3 October; 14 May on some calendars
Born
2 October 1798 at Etables-sur-Mer, Brittany, France as Anne-Thérèse Guérin
Died
14 May 1856 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA, of natural causes; buried at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Canonized
15 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI
Beatified
25 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Biography
Saint Theodore Guerin (1798–1856), born Theodora Guérin in France, was a devoted religious sister whose life of service profoundly shaped Catholic education in the United
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