This document provides a biography of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne in 3 sentences: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne was a French nun and educator who served as a missionary to Native Americans from 1769-1852. She helped establish the first convent of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in 1818 in St. Charles, Missouri. Throughout her life she faced many struggles as a missionary but remained dedicated to educating women and serving Native American communities in Kansas and the Rocky Mountains until her death at age 83 in 1852.

1. Saint Rose
Philippine
Duchesne,
French religious
sister and
educator,
missionary to
native Americans
1769-1852

2. Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in Grenoble, then the capital
of the ancient Province of the Dauphiné in the Kingdom of
France, the second of seven daughters, along with one son.

3. Her father, Pierre-François Duchesne (1748–1797),
was a prominent lawyer during the Day of the Tiles.

4. Her mother, Rose-Euphrosine Périer (1743–1814), was the sister of Claude Périer, an
industrialist who later helped finance the rise to power of Napoleon. Pierre-Francois
and Rose-Euphrosine shared her parents' home in Grenoble with her brother,
Claude Perier, and his wife – the two young couples living on separate floors.

5. Claude Périer's son, Casimir, later a Prime
Minister of France, was the grandfather of
Jean Casimir-Perier, a President of France.
She was raised in an enormous family home
across from the Parliament building or
Palace of Justice in Grenoble

6. After surviving a bout of smallpox which left her slightly scarred, in 1781, Rose
Duchesne and her cousin Josephine were sent to be educated in the Monastery of
Sainte-Marie-d'en-Haut (known for the social status of its members), located on a
mountainside near Grenoble, by the community of Visitandine nuns.

7. When she began
to show a strong
attraction to the
monastic life,
her father withdrew
her from the
monastery school
the following
year and had her
tutored with her
cousins in the
family home.

8. In 1788 she decided to
enter the Visitation of
Holy Mary religious order,
despite her family's
opposition. She convinced
an aunt to accompany
her on a visit to the
monastery, where she
immediately requested
admission, leaving her
aunt to return home
without her and to
tell her father
what happened

9. In 1792, however, revolutionaries shut down the monastery during
the French Revolution's Reign of Terror and dispersed the nuns.

10. Duchesne returned to her family where she lived at their country home, along with
two aunts, who had been Visitandines at Romans-sur-Isère. She attempted to continue
living the Rule of Life of her Order while serving her family and those suffering
from the Reign of Terror, including those imprisoned at the former monastery

11. Under Napoleon, in 1801,
Duchesne attempted to re-
establish the Visitation
Monastery, acquiring the
buildings from its new owner.
The buildings were in
shambles, having been used as
military barracks and a prison.
Though a few of the nuns and
the mother superior did return
temporarily, the nuns found
that the austere living
conditions were too much for
them in their advanced years.
Eventually, Duchesne, now the
mother superior of the house,
was left with only three
companions

12. in northern France, Madeleine-Sophie Barat founded the
new Society of the Sacred Heart—whose members were long
known as the "Madames of the Sacred Heart" from their use
of that title, due to the hostility to religious communities
which lingered in post-Revolutionary France. She wanted
to establish a new foundation in Grenoble

13. Duchesne accepted
Barat's offer to merge
the Visitation community
into the Society of the
Sacred Heart.
The new congregation
had a similar religious
mission as that of the
Visitandines, educating
young women, but
without being an
enclosed religious order.
The two women
became immediate
and lifelong friends

14. In 1815, after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Duchesne followed Barat's
instructions and established a Convent of the Sacred Heart in Paris,
where she both opened a school and became the Mistress of novices

15. In 1817, William
Dubourg, Bishop of the
Diocese of Louisiana,
visited the convent in
Paris. After meeting
him, Duchesne, who
had never lost her
desire to serve as a
missionary, begged
permission from Barat
to serve in the
bishop's diocese

16. In 1818, with
Barat's blessing,
Duchesne
headed out
to the United
States with four
other Sisters of
the Society.

17. After ten weeks at
sea, they arrived
in New Orleans.
To their shock,
however, the
bishop had made
no provisions for
housing them.

18. After they had rested briefly with the Ursuline nuns, they took advantage of the newly
established steamboat service up the Mississippi River to travel to St. Louis, and finally
settled in St. Charles, in what was then the Missouri Territory, a journey of seven weeks.

19. the community established a new Sacred Heart convent in a log cabin there, known
as the Duquette Mansion, the first house of the Society ever built outside France the
first in St. Charles County, Missouri, and the first free school west of the Mississippi.

20. "Poverty
and Christian
heroism are
here", she
wrote of the
site, "and trials
are the riches
of priests in
this land".

21. The following year Dubourg moved the community across the river to the
town of Florissant, Missouri, where they opened a school and a novitiate

22. The United States had purchased the area from France only
fifteen years earlier, and settlers, many poor but others
with money and slaves, were streaming in from the East.

23. Their new foundation faced
many struggles, including
lack of funds, inadequate
housing, hunger, and freezing
weather, and the Sisters
struggled to learn English.

24. By 1828, the Society's first five members in America had grown to six communities, operating
several schools. Other foundations in Louisiana followed: at Grand Coteau, near Opelousas,
at Natchitoches, at Baton Rouge, at New Orleans, and at Convent, Louisiana.

25. In 1826
Pope Leo XII,
through a
decretum
laudis,
formally
approved the
Society of the
Sacred Heart,
recognizing
their work.

26. The Jesuits acquired the Sisters' former school property in St. Charles in
1828, where they built a parish church, and asked the Sisters to return
– to that same log cabin where they had lived because it was still the
biggest house in town – and conduct the parish school

27. In 1841 the Jesuits asked the Sisters to join them in a new
mission with the Potawatomi tribe in eastern Kansas, along
Sugar Creek, where Christian Hoecken was taking charge.

28. Since Duchesne was unable to master their language, she could not
teach, so she would spend long periods in prayer. The children named
her Quahkahkanumad, which translates as Woman Who Prays Always.

29. At the request of
the Jesuit priest
Pierre-Jean De
Smet, she
continued her
work, and helped
Native Americans
as far as the
Rocky Mountains

30. In 1842, after a year among
the Potawatomi, it was clear
that Duchesne's health could
not sustain the regime of
village life, and she returned
to Saint Charles. She spent
the last decade of her life
living there in a tiny room
under a stairway near the
chapel in solitude and prayer.
Toward the end of her life,
she was alone, going blind,
feeble, and yearned for
letters from Barat.

31. "I live now in solitude
and am able to use my
time reflecting on the
past and preparing for
death. I cannot put
away the thought of
the Indians and in my
ambition I fly to the
Rockies".
She died on November
18, 1852, aged 83

32. Initially buried
in the convent
cemetery,
Duchesne's
remains were
exhumed three
years later
and intact.

33. She was then
reburied in a
crypt within a
small shrine
on the
convent
grounds.

34. The cause for
Duchesne's
canonization
was introduced
in 1895, and she
was declared
Venerable in 1909
by Pope Pius X.

35. Duchesne was
beatified by
Pope Pius XII
on 12 May
1940, and the
cause for her
canonization
was opened on
9 April 1943.

36. The Holy See
ordered in
1951 that she
be buried
more suitably.
Construction
was begun on
a larger shrine,
and her remains
were moved
there on June
13 of the
following year.

37. Pope
John Paul II
canonized
her on July
3, 1988

38. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH - Revised 26-8-2023
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community, human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland – world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Gertrude, the Great
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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39. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL- Revisado 26-8-2023
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado , Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates
SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno, fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman, dundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
San Zacharias e Isavel, padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Santa Gertrudia la grande
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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