Saint Theodora Guérin/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Theodora Guérin are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 7 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

Main article: Footprints

• Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guérin (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods) (Founding years & legacy) [Public] Shrine – Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, 1 Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1840
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Museum-like shrine of St. Theodora (Mother Theodore Guérin) accessible through the Providence Spirituality & Conference Center — artifacts, life story, and primary prayer focus for pilgrims. Open daily; free admission (donations welcome).
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/visit/must-sees/shrine-of-saint-mother-theodore-guerin/; https://spsmw.org/about/saint-mother-theodore-guerin/

• Church of the Immaculate Conception (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus) (Founding years) [Public] Church – Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus, IN 47876, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1886
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Campus church central to Providence prayer life and pilgrim visits — distinct building stop within the motherhouse footprint, paired with the shrine and cemetery.
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/; https://spsmw.org/visit/must-sees/shrine-of-saint-mother-theodore-guerin/

• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College campus landscape (Educational founding) [Limited] School – 1 St Mary of Woods Coll, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1840
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • College and academy landscape growing from Mother Theodore’s frontier educational mission. Limited active campus — exterior history walk; shrine/church remain the primary public prayer stops.
  • Sources: https://www.smwc.edu/faith/saint-mary-theodore-guerin/; https://spsmw.org/

• Vincennes / early Indiana diocese association (Frontier arrival) [Public] Outdoor – Vincennes, IN, Vincennes, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1840
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Historic diocesan capital landscape of Indiana when Mother Theodore arrived from France. Public river town context en route to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/

• Providence Community Cemetery (Sisters of Providence) (Death & community burial) [Public] Cemetery – Saint Mary-of-the-Woods campus cemetery, IN 47876, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1856
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • Community cemetery of the Sisters of Providence on the Woods campus — quiet outdoor stop completing a motherhouse pilgrimage circuit with shrine and church.
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/visit/providence-community-cemetery/; https://spsmw.org/

• Ruillé-sur-Loir – French Sisters of Providence roots (Religious formation) [Limited] Convent – Ruillé-sur-Loir, Sarthe, France, Ruillé-sur-Loir, Sarthe, France
  • Year: 1823
  • Diocese: Diocese of Le Mans
  • French motherhouse landscape of the Sisters of Providence from which Mother Theodore was sent to Indiana (1840). Limited historic association; Saint Mary-of-the-Woods remains the primary public pilgrimage hub.
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_Gu%C3%A9rin

• Jasper / early mission school association (Missionary founding) [Limited] School – Jasper, IN, Jasper, Indiana, United States
  • Year: 1842
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Indianapolis
  • One of the early school/mission towns in the Providence network from the Woods. Limited town pin until a specific historic school is selected.
  • Sources: https://spsmw.org/