Uribe, Daniela
September 14, 2014
Religious of the Sacred Heart Project – Rose Philippine Duchesne
I. Thesis: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was a key contributor to the forming of Sacred Heart schools in the United States with the help of numerous different influences such as her family, religious figures, and the people she helped.
II. St. Rose Philippine grew up very fond of visiting convents and helping the less fortunate. She lived a very humble life.
A. Just before her 19th birthday, Philippine asked her aunt to come along with her to visit a convent. Philippine ended up staying there while her aunt went back home. This made her parents mad. They went to the convent and begged her to come home but Philippine refused. Having to cause her
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father pain remained on her thoughts for the rest of her life. III. Rose Philippine had 3 main women religious figures that gradually helped her grow into a modest, gracious young woman of Christ. A. Duchesne was educated by the Visitation nuns as a child. As she grew up, she eventually entered their order. B.
In 1804, their order’s spiritual director inspired Philippine and a few of her companions to think about joining Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
C. To their luck, later that year, Mother Barat asked St. Rose Philippine to join the community of the Sacred Heart. Philippine was ecstatic and accepted the offer. She did a project with Barat in Paris in 1815 but her biggest accomplishment was when she went to America with three other members of the Sacred Heart Society in 1818.
IV. Duchesne also had many male religious influences. She was influenced specifically by these men to do direct, specific projects with the people of Midwestern United States.
A. Philippine enjoyed listening to Father Jean-Baptiste Aubert’s teachings. One day, as she listened to him, "a new desire began to burn in her heart: to be a missionary among the Native Americans" (Kun, Jeanne, The Woman Who Never Gave Up) Philippine discovered that her new found love was being with the Native
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Americans. B. Father Peter De Smet S.J. became a close friend of Philippine until her death. He was “the future great missionary to the Indians of the Rockies.” He went on multiple Indian missionary visits. Father Peter always made it a point to visit Duchesne when he would get back. In 1840 he asked the Assistant General of the Society of the Sacred Heart for nuns to open a school for the Potawatomi children. Duchesne was getting old, 72, yet she requested to join in this project. Mother Barat went against her instinct and agreed to let Philippine join. V.
Because of Father De Smet S.J., Rose Philippine was able to fulfill her desire to teach the children of the Potawatomi tribe.
A. She spent the last part of her life educating these kids, praying to God and doing whatever she could to give back to these children and the community.
B. They came to call her Quahkahkanumad meaning “Woman who prays always”.
C. She came to the realization that caring for the sick Potawatomi children was her true passion she was looking for all her life.
D. Father De Smet inspired her to continue helping in the Midwest and go to the Rocky Mountains to help the Native children there. At the time, she was 73. Sadly, she became ill and had to go back to St. Charles. There she spent her last 10 years in a shack praying.
VI. Along with her close friend, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was one of the most important contributors to the making of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A. St. Rose Philippine was the founder of the first houses of the Society of the Sacred Heart in America in 1818.
B. By 1830, there were already six Sacred Heart schools in the US. They had 350 students and 64 nouns, 14 from France and 50 from the Mississippi Valley. This was an amazing accomplishment for
her. VII. Conclusion: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne is an inspiring figure of humbleness and community work. Because of the influential people in her life, she was able to bring the Sacred Heart Society to the United States. She was very strong and pushed through any struggles that faced her.
Shoemaker, Nancy. “ Native-American Women in History.” OAH Magazine of History , Vol. 9, No. 4, Native Americans (Summer, 1995), pp. 10-14. 17 Nov. 2013
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Dutto, Rev. L. A. The Life of Bartolomé de Las Casas and the First Leaves of American Ecclesiastical History St. Louis, MO: B. Herder 1902
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...en she talked about how it could be challenging at times but at the end of the day she loves what she does for the children.