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Daybreak for November 18, 2024

Daybreak

* Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time * Optional Memorial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, 1769-1852; born in Grenoble, France; wanted to serve the Indians in America; entered the Visitation of Mary convent at 19; at 49, she traveled with six nuns to St. Charles, Missouri; in her first decade, she suffered nearly every hardship that the American frontier had to offer; finally, at age 72, and in poor health, a mission was founded among the Potawatomi in Sugar Creek, Kansas, and Rose was taken along; she died at the age of 83 * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/18/24 * Gospel: Luke 18:35:43