Today's saint was canonized in 2006

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.

Born: Oct. 2, 1798, in the village of Etables-sur-Mer in Brittany, France

Birth name: Anne-Thérèse Guerin

Parents: Laurent and Isabelle Guerin

Entered Sisters of Providence at Ruillé-sur-Loir, France: Aug. 18, 1823

Religious name: Sister St. Theodore

Professed first vows: Sept. 8, 1825

Professed perpetual vows: Sept. 5, 1831

Missionary voyage from France to New York: July 27, 1840, to Sept. 4, 1840

Date of arrival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Oct. 22, 1840

Opened Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: July 4, 1841
A Celtic cross stands as a memorial to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.

Date of death: May 14, 1856

Place of burial: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. (A Celtic cross of stone memorializes Saint Mother Theodore's former burial site in the Sisters of Providence Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.)

Opening of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of Mother Theodore: Sept. 8, 1909

Canonized: Oct. 15, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in Rome.

Feast Day for Saint Mother Theodore: Oct. 3.