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St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The perfect co-patron for southern Missouri Following in her Following in her The perfect co-patron for southern Missouri missionary spirit missionary spirit The Most Rev. Edward M. Rice From Page 9 diocese. It’s nice to think that a she could make frequent visits St. Rose Philippine Duchesne saint once walked the streets of to the Blessed Sacrament. ovember 18 is the Feast e asked different clergy and The aving taken a number of The New World New Madrid, MO. In French, the word Catholic Center staff to share of St. Rose Philippine Feast Day: November 18 Hgroups to the Shrine of St. Enchanted by childhood As mentioned earlier, Rose “Duchesne” means “Oak.” Oak Duchesne, the co- their insights on St. Rose Philip- Rose Philippine Duchesne, in stories of the frontier and the Philippine was fascinated by the wood is known for being sturdy, patron of the Diocese Canonized: July 3, 1988 pine. We hope it inspires you to St. Charles and Old St. Ferdi- indigenous populations of the frontier, having heard stories strong, and durable. And that Wget to know St. Rose Philippine and follow in Nof Springfield-Cape Girardeau. from various missionaries, in- in essence was the personality Beatified: May 12, 1940 nand, in Florissant, to visit St. “New World,” Rose Philippine And next year, on Aug. 25, 2021, her missionary spirit—to bring many souls to Philippine relics and her presence, had a burning desire to go and cluding Bp. Dubourg who was of St. Rose Philippine Duch- Christ! we will celebrate 65 years of the Venerated: March 17, 1935 I have always been most astounded bring the faith to the frontier of in France on a recruiting tour. esne. In the main chapel at Villa establishment of our diocese, Now that she was ac- Duchesne High School, in the first learned about St. Rose during by two things. First, I have been greatly moved the New World. Time established in 1956 by Pope Patronages: Perseverance amid adversity, tually at the frontier, sanctuary floor there are Oak seminary, and was inspired by by the story of how she slept under the steps after time she request- Pius XII. Throughout this com- Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau I with convents estab- leaves, a simple reminder of St. her persistence in missionary work, in the hallway of the convent so as to remain ed to be sent to the ing year it would be good for us lished in St. Charles, Rose Philippine’s strength. Her even when she couldn’t learn the close to the chapel and the Eucharist. Second, missions and time af- to get to know St. Rose Philip- MO, and Florissant, strength allowed her to over- native language. As a priest, I have I could not help admire her lifetime desire ter time Mother Barat Next year, pine Duchesne as well as Pope this obstacle. were expelled. Once again, MO, she hoped that come all of her obstacles, always my own struggles with language, as of reaching out to the Indians, which she refused her request. Pius X, the other co-patron of Young St. Rose was educat- Rose Philippine found herself on Aug. 25, her true desire to work moving forward. And, I believe I try to learn Spanish to better minister did even in her later years. Not knowing the Finally, in 1818, she our diocese. In a beautiful way, ed from age 12 by the Visitation back at home. Still, she moved 2021, we will among the Indians she is the perfect patron for our in our diocese. Looking to St. Rose’s example, I can language and being up in years, she was not was given permission. I think what binds the two of Sisters, an order that so many forward, along with two other could be realized. diocese. Her missionary spirit is see that even as I labor to learn the language, my afraid; neither should I be afraid to keep find- This time she was celebrate 65 them together is the Sacred Heart French women of status joined, Visitation Sisters. They immersed Even here, she was in the heart of every one of our prayers and presence are still useful to God. God ing ways of reaching out with the Gospel. truly able to move years of the of Jesus. But, I’ll save that for founded by St. Jane Frances de themselves in a life dedicated to Father Daniel Hirtz faced the obstacle of clergy and religious. It has to be! can work through all things, even our shortcom- forward. She left another article. For now, I would Chantal in the early 17th cen- charity, particularly the care of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Piedmont; St. George Mission, with four other sisters establishment failure. When the Je- We travel a lot. We may not her ings and weaknesses! Van Buren; Our Lady of Sorrows Mission, Williamsville like us to get to know St. Rose tury. She showed interest in reli- prisoners and the poor. In 1801, Father David Baunach of the Sacred Heart of our diocese, suit Fathers asked the face the same obstacles that she Philippine Duchesne. gious life early on. But because of the was freed sisters to accompany did but in our day and age we Immaculate Conception Parish, New Madrid have always admired the as they made the established in the opposition of her family, she from the reign of terror of the One of the most important spirit of determination St. 10-week journey by them to work among have our own challenges. was removed from the school . Rose Philip- I 1956 by Pope aspects of her life was her ability t. Rose Philippine Duchesne was a Rose Philippine Duchesne sea, landing in New the tribe There are many resources and was tutored at home. Her pine moved forward. After some to overcome obstacles. And, one strong-willed, opinionated woman. had in wanting to share her Orleans. As you can Pius XII. in 1841, the sisters available, including a 10-part own family did not support her leniency was shown toward S of the first obstacles she faced She knew what she wanted and Catholic faith as a mission- imagine, this was a agreed, but initially video series, for elementary desire to be a religious sister. But, Catholicism by the French was an attack of smallpox, which prayed for that to happen. She was ary to another country. She was major obstacle she Rose Philippine was and high school programs and she moved forward. It was only government, she tried to reestab- left her face disfigured. I think tenacious, yet obedient. Her prayer seasick for much of the long sailing and her sisters over- not one of them. By parishes, to learn more about on a pretext that she was allowed lish the Visitation Convent but any of us would be self-conscious to serve the Native Americans was voyage from France to , and the came, always moving then, she was 71 years our patron. St. Rose Philippine to visit the Visitation Convent failed. God had something else about such a thing, and Rose not answered until she was in her trip from there up the to St. forward. Of course, the sisters old. Still only speaking French, Duchesne, pray for us! ©TM with her aunt around 1788, and in mind. Mother (St.) Madelene Philippine was no different. To- 70s, but that service brought her great Louis was not easy. She did not shy away had to travel up the Mississippi without an aptitude for once she was there, she refused Sophie Barat was founding the day, we are aware of bullying in joy and her constant prayers were a powerful wit- from all this, though aware beforehand of the and finally make their way to St. languages, she was specifi- to leave. Her aunt went home new Society of the Sacred Heart our schools and on social media, ness to the community. Her strongest desire was traveling hardships she would face. Pioneer Louis, greeting Bishop Dubourg cally requested to be part without her. Another obstacle and Rose Philippine was recom- and rightly so. We have cam- to bring the Eucharist to all peoples. She knew the life was grueling and difficult: bad weather, at what is affectionately referred of the mission to Kansas overcome! mended to her. After the two paigns to combat and policies physical presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist hard labor, meager resources, and a lack of to today as the Old Cathedral. If among the Potawatomi Finally in the convent, it met, Rose Philippine and her to protect against such things. is powerful. Here in southern Missouri, there are communication with the order in France you ever visit the seminary in St. because she would pray for was a mere few years later that small group joined the Society. We can only imagine, however, so many who do not know Jesus. When I reflect on were among the hardships. Her spirit of holy Louis, you will find in the main the success of the endeav- the French Revolution would Rose Philippine moved forward, the torments and the taunts that all that St. Rose Philippine did in the mission field, determination was clearly needed when the chapel a stained glass window or. And so she was sent break out and the convents another obstacle overcome. Rose Philippine had to endure I am inspired to do more and pray more for all to Bishop of the Territory (and St. depicting the first meeting of to Sugarcreek, KS. It was and monasteries of France were because of her scarred face. But, know Christ. Louis) William Dubourg asked her to go to St. Rose Philippine Duchesne and there, that she faced her closed and the sisters and monks See Co-Patron / 10 she moved forward, overcoming Katie Newton Charles, MO, to establish a school although Bishop DuBourg. She had finally greatest obstacle, failure! Administrative Assistant, Office of Youth Formation and Camp Re- reached the frontier! But her She could not learn NEW-All, The Catholic Center very limited resources were available to her. St. Rose Philippine Duchesne trusted that the travels were not finished. She the language, and ad- would continue to move for- vanced in years and with rowing up in Florissant, MO, Lord would give her the wisdom and energy to ward and overcome obstacles. declining health, poor where Philippine lived and accomplish what was needed. Our founding Secondary Patron of the Diocese G After a brief stay in St. vision, and weakness, she worked for so many years, I was bishop in 1956, Bp. Charles Helmsing, did Louis, the sisters arrived in St. could not keep up with always aware of her story! In fact, us all a favor in seeking the intercession of St. ecause of her apostolic work in Missouri, Mother Philippine Charles, MO, the edge of civili- active village life. All she for many years I sang each week at Rose Philippine Duchesne as a co-patron of Duchesne was chosen as secondary patroness of the Diocese of zation. There she continued to could do was pray and church under a painting of her that our diocese, one who is an example of deter- Springfield-Cape Girardeau. face obstacles. At times she and offer up what seemed to hung in Sacred Heart Church, where Bp. mined trust in God’s loving help for what we Excerpts from a letter written in 1820 to Mother Madeleine the sisters were near starvation. be her failure. In offer- BSophie Barat, foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in John Leibrecht ordained me for service to the Dio- hope to accomplish in life. The freezing temperatures of ing up her failure to God, cese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. She always had Bishop John Leibrecht France, explain Mother Phillipine Duchesne’s connection to southern Bishop Emeritus – Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau the winter meant they had no however, St. Rose Philip- a desire to go to the missions where people were Missouri. Springfield drinking water for long periods pine overcame her great- needed, to share the story of Jesus and give witness “... the steamboat (Cincinnati) ran aground on a sandbank in of time. And she had difficulty est obstacle! She would to what that could mean in a person’s life. I think, mid-stream, about 100 leagues below St. Louis ... New Madrid. ... I ur secondary patron St. Rose learning the English language. spend long hours before in part, that she contributed to my inspiration to remained there doing nothing until Divine Providence inspired a ODuchesne is an inspiration And yet they were successful in the Blessed Sacrament and leave the more “Catholic” territory of St. Louis and French lady in New Madrid to invite us to her home. We went there in in our present Church, and drawing students, the daughters that is why the Potawatomi come to southern Missouri where my priesthood a canoe and stayed five days until the water rose in the river and lifted future Church, to continue the of frontier families. At the same called her “The Woman was perhaps a bit more needed. Every time I return the steamboat off the sandbank. ... I am more than ever convinced of mission in search of the most time, candidates to her religious Who Prays Always.” After to Florissant, I stop by the Shrine of Old St. Fer- the great need there is for teachers who could be placed gradually in poor and those who don’t have a order began to come. Within 10 one year at the Kansas mis- dinand, walk around to the back, and look in the the larger towns where there are priests--towns like New Madrid, where voice in today’s society. I pray that years, there were six convents sion, she returned to the small closet under the stairs where Philippine often there are sixty or eighty Catholic families. ...” She went on to found six with her intercession, we have the courage to up and down the Mississippi convent of St. Ferdinand in slept on a straw mattress with a ragged blanket … houses in Louisiana and Missouri. After her death, the Society spread to follow God’s call and the wisdom to always River. At one point, in 1822, she Missouri. The convent still and I pray for the people to whom I am privileged North and South America. She was canonized on July 3, 1988. pray. was required to travel to Grand stands today. There, if you to bring the Good News every day. Milagros Calvetti Father J. Friedel Director, Office of Hispanic Ministry Coteau, LA, to visit a religious visit, you can see the little TRINITY DOME—Mosaic tiles depict St. Rose Philippine Duch- St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Joplin; St. Ann Parish, Carthage; Sacred The Catholic Center house. Coming back up from storage room underneath esne in the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Heart Parish, Webb City Louisiana, she found herself the stairs where she spent ICON—Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) shipwrecked for two weeks the next 10 years of her St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. in New Madrid, a part of our life. Close to the chapel, (Icon by Milton Frenzel of Emil Frei Studia) 4 The Mirror CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE The Mirror 5

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Missouri & the Pioneer, Missionary, Pray-er Following in her Following in her Louisanna Purchase MISSOURI is named for the tribe that inhabited the area with missionary spirit missionary spirit the Osage and Caddoan people. Both were farmers, but were By Sr. Janine Tran, CMR to realize her childhood dream is told that they wondered if she of serving the native peoples. It really spent the whole night in strongly influenced by the nomadic bison hunters of the Great s we celebrate the feast of St. Plains. Hernando de Soto arrived in 1541. In 1673, Jesuit Fr. ealthy, determined, was a voyage filled with weeks of prayer. To find out, they put little he thing that strikes me Rose Philippine Duchesne, Jacques Marquette, a missionary from Canada, accompanied generous. St. Rose calm, interspersed with thunder- pebbles (or acorns or leaves) on A most about St. Rose Philip- the co-patron of our diocese, her T entrepreneur Louis Joliet down the Mississippi River to evange- Philippine Duch- ous storms. She recounts her her long robe. The next morn- pine Duchesne’s life is that her life and missionary zeal encour- lize the people living in the region. Eventually, they negotiated esne could have adventures in the many letters ing, they found that the pebbles saintly soul was compacted Wchosen any life she wanted. In- she sent back to Mother Sophie were still in the same position! ages me to find more profound the river from Kaskaskia country all the way to the southern with significant characteristics meaning in my priestly life as a reaches of Arkansas. The first English-speaking settlement was stead, she dreamed of coming to Barat, Foundress of the Soci- They gave her the name ‘She from three great Saints. Her holi- missionary in southern Missouri. established at Ste. Genevieve in 1735. The territory became the New World to serve among ety of the Sacred Heart: eating Who Prays Always.’ ness was compared to St. Teresa of She is a woman of courage who gives me cour- part of the United States at the time of the Louisiana Purchase the native peoples. This dream moldy biscuits, putting out a Due to her health, her supe- Avila, her poverty to St. Francis of Assisi, and age; a woman of hope who gives me hope; and in 1803. Most people heading west came through Missouri to took many years to realize and fire on deck, and facing Carib- riors did not allow her to stay at her zeal to save souls to St. Francis Xavier. a woman of vision who urges me to partake connect with the Santa Fe Trail or the Oregon Trail. The Ohio- she overcame many adversities bean pirates. Within six months Sugar Creek. After one year, she She inspires me to be more fervent as a mis- in fashioning a particular church that mirrors Mississippi- along the way with unshakeable of landing in the New World, was called back to St. Charles. sionary because she only focuses on fulfill- God’s vision for his people. As St. Rose said, Missouri river trust in the Sacred Heart of Jesus St. Rose Philippine established When asked about this painful ing God’s will at the present moment. As “Let us together cultivate a very small field for system and the and constant prayer. The endur- the first free school west of the sacrifice, she said, “God knows she said, “Do not look back to the past, nor Christ,” our diocese, “knowing that God does extension of ance of St. Rose Philippine’s Mississippi at the reason of this recall, and that forward to the future. Claim only the present, not require great achievements but a heart that the Cumber- pioneer spirit and fervent prayers St. Charles, is enough.” The last 10 years of for it holds God’s will.” A GREAT helped to establish schools, MO. That first her life were not idle. She spent holds back nothing for self,” like the heart of Father John Toan Tran, CRM, Provincial Superior land Road to convents, and an orphanage winter, she it in fasts, sewing little toys for St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: “He who has Congregation of the Mother of the Redeemer, Carthage the Mississippi CHRISTMAS GIFT all along the banks of the Mis- As our and her sisters the children at the school, and Jesus, has everything.” River brought sissippi River. As our diocesan had to chop asking for donations for the Fr. Shoby Chettiyath, Vicar General thousands of Father John Joseph Ho- diocesan co- St. Joseph Parish, Billings co-patron, she intercedes for us ice from the missions. here are many Catholics who immigrants gan’s colony of immigrant patron, she have gone on pilgrimages from the up- to live her legacy of evangelical river and melt It was now Nov. 18, 1852. he life of St. Rose Philippine T Irish mysteriously vanished and visited places where some per and lower fervor and prayerful confidence. intercedes it for water. The sisters knew St. Rose Philip- Duchesne reminds me how T canonized Saints have walked, Midwest into from the southeast Ozarks St. Rose Philippine Duch- for us to live She declared, pine was dying. They gathered the gifts of the Holy Spirit work but almost all of those places Missouri, push- during the Civil War. The esne came from a large family, “There are no around her bed in prayer. When within us if we open ourselves her legacy of have been far from that part of ing the frontier the second of seven sisters, along difficulties ex- she heard the invocation, “Jesus, to God’s love. She had a strong beautiful, legendary wilder- Missouri that we call our Diocese to the Kansas with one brother. She was born evangelical cept for those Mary, and Joseph,” she an- desire to do God’s work as a ness is illustrated with pho- of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. However, St. border. In 1821, in , France, on Aug. 29, fervor and who worry too swered, “I give you my heart, my missionary and yet be obedient to tographs of the still-wild Rose Philippine Duchesne, did walk in New Missouri was 1769. Her father was a lawyer. much about soul, and my life—oh yes, my His will, in His time. Her devout prayer life is prayerful Madrid, a town on the Mississippi River in admitted to Ozark landscape. Father Her mother was a Périer, ances- tomorrow.” life, generously!” As the noonday a symbol of her humility and love for God’s confidence. the Missouri Bootheel. Rose was born in 1769 the Union as a Hogan later became the tor of Casimir Périer, President of In 1841, Angelus bells stopped ringing, people, especially those who do not know Him. into a wealthy and politically connected fam- slave-holding France in 1894. Even as a child, when St. Rose she drew her last breath. What an inspiration for all of us as we are first Bishop of Kansas City- ily in France but in adulthood she humbly state. Eventu- she was aware of the unfair Philippine was May we give our heart, charged with the mission to help each other get St. Joseph. gave herself to the formation of children in ally, it remained circumstances of life. Her par- 71 or 72, she our soul, our lives generously to to heaven. I ask St. Rose Philippine to pray for the New World. She is the secondary patron- on the side ents gave each of their children was allowed God! me in my ministry as a missionary for God’s an allowance, to spend as they to go to Sugar Creek, KS, to help St. Rose Philippine Duch- ess of our diocese and a model of self giving of the Union NOW HALF PRICE people. in the Civil wished. One day, when St. Rose establish a school for the Po- esne, intercede for us!!! Deacon Walt Biri from whom we can all learn. In the Diocese $9.95 POST PAID Philippine was giving away her tawatomi girls. The Potawatomi Immaculate Conception Parish, Jackson of Springfield-Cape Girardeau we celebrate War. Its central her memorial as a Feast on November 18. location as a allowance, her mother said, “We recognized in her the sense of Prayer of St. Rose Philippine Send check to Lens & Pen give you that for your plea- the sacred as they often times Duchesne am struck by the sheer tenacity Father Paul McLoughlin crossroads on Retired, Springfield Press, 4067 S. Franklin, sure.” She replied, “This is my witnessed St. Rose Philippine Lord, You alone are the Center Iand fortitude of our diocesan the north-south pleasure.” lost in prayer before the Blessed in which I find rest. Give me Your co-patron. I read that she was river trade route Springfield, MO 65807 “intense, austere, yet affection- and the east- This was how she lived her Sacrament. The people would arm to support me, Your shoulders to hat strikes me about St. ate,” with a large capacity for west railroad life—always ready to give others quietly enter the chapel, silently carry me, Your breast to lean upon, Rose Philippine Duch- Order Online at: suffering and work. Still, she W lines gave the some joy. approach her, kneel, and kiss the Your Cross to uphold me, Your Body esne is that she was a woman dammingtheosage.com/ died having thought her ministries Territory of Missouri, 1813 state commer- She was 49 years old when hem of her worn habit or the to nourish me. In You, Lord, I sleep of prayer! She prayed … and I (Used by permission, a failure. Born into wealth on the eve of the cial importance. buy-the-book she set sail on the “Rebecca,” fringe of her old shawl. The story and rest in peace. Amen. ©TM mean she really prayed! Many State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia) French Revolution, the name Duchesne means of the native American chil- “Hearts of Oak.” Humility, gentleness, charity, dren that she ministered to called and patience were the virtues of this pioneer her “Quah-kah-ka-num-ad, which translates missionary. No accident, I think, that those as “Woman Who Prays Always.” I want that same traits are so very evident in the faithful prayer-life for myself. Wouldn’t that be a of Springfield-Cape Girardeau. She wrote upon Bishop Dubourg good way to be remembered? Pioneer missionary settling in St. Charles, “Poverty and Christian Fr. Rick Jones heroism are here.” It is with good reason that St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Cape Girardeau When FR. LOUIS WILLIAM VALENTIN Bishop her patronage includes perseverance amid DUBOURG was named Bishop of Louisiana William DUCHESNE’S LIFE CHANGED when she met St. Mad- adversity. It’s no wonder that Jesuit Fr. Pierre- in 1815, he used St. Louis as his episcopal Dubourg eleine Sophie Barat of the missionary Society of the Sacred Jean De Smet, head of the mission at Sugar ven though St. Rose struggled headquarters. Its boundaries encompassed Heart. Writing to Barat, Duchesne related a powerful spiri- Creek, KS, insisted upon the presence of Rose Elearning languages, she had Wisconsin, Illinois, and “everything west of also tual experience during adoration on Holy Thursday, say- Philippine—at age 72—in his school for the no trouble communicating with the Mississippi.” He asked for assistance from invited St. ing, “I spent the entire night in the New World … carrying Potawatomi children: “She must come … Her God. She inspires me to spend the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Elizabeth the Blessed Sacrament to all parts of the land … I had all very presence will draw down all manner of more time in prayer. Fathers). This help came in the person of Fr. Deacon Rob Huff Ann Seton my sacrifices to offer: a mother, sisters, family, my moun- heavenly favors on the work.” Dear St. Rose Joseph Rosati, whom he sent to the Barrens tain! When you say to me, ‘Now I send you,’ I will respond Superintendent of Catholic Schools Philippine Duchesne, Our Lady of Mercy with The Catholic Center Colony to establish St. Mary’s Seminary in 1818. to her quickly, ‘I go.’” Yes, despite the urgency of her vision, it the heart of an oak, pray for us. Although Rosati was rector of the seminary, Leslie Anne Eidson Emmitsburg would be more than a decade until her dream was fulfilled pastor of the parish and superior of the by the request of Bishop Dubourg. Director of Communications/Editor of The Mirror mission. The Catholic Center Father Louis William DuBourg Vincentian Community, he found time to visit (Used by permission, State Historical Society the missions throughout the state of Missouri. of Missouri, Columbia) 6 The Mirror CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 YOUTH ACTIVITY—CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE The Mirror 7

Diocesan-wide activities to honor St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

ishop Rice has coordinated a variety of activities throughout the ✥ DISCOVER St. Rose Philippine through a 10-part video series diocese to help increase awareness of St. Rose Philippine’s life, done by Bishop Rice and various volunteers: www.dioscg.org celebrate her virtues, and bring us closer to our Lord. This special section of The Mirror is dedicated to her life and story as we ap- #1) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: Frontier Missionary of the Sacred Heart Bproach her feast day, Nov. 18. —Release date: October 7, 2020 Following is a list of activities and resources. #2) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The-woman-who-prays-always —October 9, 2020 ✥ PRAY the Novena of Holy Hours beginning Nov. 9, and join #3) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The friend who was loyal Bishop Rice and Catholics throughout the diocese. —October 16, 2020 #4) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The who had to fight for her vocation —October 23, 2020 #5) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The child who caught smallpox —October 30, 2020 Novena of Holy Hours #6) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The woman who lived through a revolution —November 6, 2020 #7) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The pioneer who knew little English Adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament! —November 13, 2020 #8) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: The leader who was not ‘successful’ —November 16, 2020 Mon., Nov. 9 12:30-1:30 p.m. Springfield Catholic High School #9) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: A heart on fire for Jesus 2-3 p.m. Bishop & The Catholic Center —November 17, 2020 #10) Spiritual Journal/Prayer of St. Rose Philippine Tue., Nov. 10 2-3 p.m. Bishop & Young Clergy —November 18, 2020 - Feast Day of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Wed., Nov. 11 4-5 p.m. St. John Henry Newman Center 6:15-7:15 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake, Branson * This video series was made possible by the Diocesan Development Fund and dona- tions to the annual Catholic Communications Campaign. The release dates have been 7-8 p.m. St. Joseph, Billings staggered, culminating in the celebration of her Feast Day: Nov. 18, 2020. Thu., Nov. 12 8:30-9:30 a.m. St. Mary, West Plains 7-8 p.m. Holy Trinity, Aurora ✥ CELEBRATE HOLY MASS ✥ Join Bishop Rice in-person or though Livestream for the Holy Fri., Nov. 13 7:30-8:30 a.m. Sts. Peter and Paul, Pulaskifield Mass on the diocesan Facebook page: 9-10 a.m. St. Mary of the Annunciation Cathedral ➢ at Immaculate Conception Parish, New Madrid (11 a.m. on Nov. 9-10 p.m. Congregation of the Mother of the 15) Redeemer ➢ at St. Agnes Cathedral, Springfield (5:30 p.m. on Nov. 18) ✥ At your own parish, school, and PSR programs with: Sat., Nov. 14 6:30-7:30 p.m. St. Peter the Apostle, Joplin ➢ Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, rosaries, etc. Sun., Nov. 15 5-6 p.m. Convent of Congregation of Mary, Queen ➢ prayers to and by St. Rose Philippine Mon., Nov. 16 8:30-9:30 a.m. St. Ambrose, Chaffee ✥ our diocesan Webpage for a complete listing of all diocesan- Tue., Nov. 17 3-4 p.m. Sacred Heart, Bolivar VISIT wide activities and resources including K-12 lesson plans and Livestream Wed., Nov. 18 5:30 p.m. St. Agnes Cathedral, Springfield links to the Novena of Holy Hours (Feast Day Mass) Link: https://dioscg.org/st-rose-philippine-duchesne-2/ FEAST DAY: NOVEMBER 18 CO-PATRON OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD-CAPE GIRARDEAU 8 The Mirror YOUTH ACTIVITY—CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE October 30, 2020 October 30, 2020 YOUTH ACTIVITY—CO-PATRON: ST. ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE The Mirror 9

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