Venerable Philippine Duchesne

As the French Revolution filled the prisons with people condemned to the guillotine, Philippine Duchesne went to their aid—and searched for priests hiding at the risk of their lives.

Born into a prosperous family in Grenoble, Philippine first longed for a life of prayer; revolution drove her from the convent, but not from the work she believed God had given her. She tended the sick, taught neglected boys, and helped rebuild a religious community amid years of upheaval. Then a missionary’s account of North America stirred a desire she would carry for twelve years, until a chance came to leave France for Louisiana. G. E. M.’s biography follows a woman whose resolve was tested by separation, hardship, and the unknown. What would she find across the ocean?

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