Feast day: November 18
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
A French nun who at last realized her lifelong dream of the American missions at fifty, founding frontier schools along the Mississippi and serving the Potawatomi in her old age.
Too old and frail to learn the language, she spent her days among the Potawatomi simply praying — and they named her 'Woman Who Prays Always.'
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