Today is the feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who left France in 1818 with four other Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and came to America. "In 1820 she opened the first free school west ...

When St. Rose Philippine Duchesne arrived in what is now St. Charles, Mo., she described the place as “the remotest village in the U.S.” A Sister of the Sacred Heart, Sister Rose arrived from France ...

Ann Sieben looks exactly like what you'd expect of a pilgrim. Tanned skin and rosy cheeks are evidence of spending hours under the sun. If her boots could talk, they'd explain that the light coat of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Today is the feast day of the French-born nun, who arrived in St. Louis in 1818 and spent 33 years in the St. Louis area. She was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — A French saint is honored with a ...

At first, they couldn’t explain the voices. Barely audible, the murmurs began while contractors, not long ago, were installing new microphone wire in the former Westwood Lutheran Church in Westwood ...

Thousands of people joined over the weekend for Eucharistic processions and other events put on as part of the National Eucharistic Revival in St. Louis, a city known as the “Rome of the West” for its ...