Transcriptions and translations of the journals and letters of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and canonized in October 2006.

From the book jacket: "The Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin takes us back more than one hundred years to an era of our history that is rapidly being forgotten in the excitement and eventful happenings of the present day. Through its graphic portrayal the life of Religious in pioneer days, not only in Indiana, but also of the Midwest, comes to life with clarity and vigor.

The narrative of the first voyage is told with keen observation and penetrating comment; the tale of the shipwreck in the second voyage proceeds with dramatic swiftness and intensity; the journey overland from New York through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Frederick to Wheeling from which point the boat trip down the Ohio begins, has realistic touches which give it form and life; the privations of the Sisters endured in founding a Congregation and a College in the wilderness; the courage of the Sisters under almost incredible misunderstandings -- all are told without any pleading for sympathy, but with a directness and a simplicity that are the best guarantee of truth."