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Additional markers dedicated to St. Rose Philippine Duchesne.
By Jason Voigt, September 22, 2019
St Rose Philippine Duchesne Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near River View Drive, 0.1 miles north of Le Sieur Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Arrived from France on mission to convert the Indians and established first school west of the Mississippi in St. Charles County — — Map (db m140970) HM |
| On Delmar Boulevard east of Limit Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Grenoble, France, Rose Philippine Duchesne was drawn to a life of religious service. She led five Religious of the Sacred Heart Nuns to the St. Louis area in 1818, settling in the then frontier town of St. Charles, where Duchesne opened the . . . — — Map (db m124711) HM |
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This is the Memorial and Historical Park dedicated to St. Philippine Duchesne and the Big Sugar/St. Mary Indian Mission, established 1838 to 1848.
The official Shrine to St. Philippine Duchesne is located in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in . . . — — Map (db m70632) HM |
| On North 2nd Street (State Highway 94) at Clark Street (State Highway 94), on the left when traveling north on North 2nd Street. |
| | (left plaque:)
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Pioneer Missionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart, came to St. Charles from France and founded the first free school west of the Mississippi on this site in 1818.
(right . . . — — Map (db m140764) HM |
| On Delmar Boulevard east of Limit Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Grenoble, France, Rose Philippine Duchesne was drawn to a life of religious service. She led five Religious of the Sacred Heart Nuns to the St. Louis area in 1818, settling in the then frontier town of St. Charles, where Duchesne opened the . . . — — Map (db m124711) HM |
| On Rue St. Francois, 0.1 miles west of North St. Charles Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | To the Native Americans, she was the Woman Who Always Prays. Born in France, she came to Florissant in 1819. Her convent home still stands and with Old St. Ferdinand's Shrine is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. She opened the . . . — — Map (db m140720) HM |
| On U.S. 40, 0.1 miles east of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
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According to one tradition, the Duchesne River was named after Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne.
Mother Duchesne and the Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, had started schools in Missouri. The children of many of the early pioneer . . . — — Map (db m72766) HM |
Jun. 17, 2024