Santa Rosa Filipina Duchesne: Gran misionera del Medio Oeste

Children play as procession participants wait to enter the Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne for adoration. / Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Nov. 18 the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French religious sister who came to the United States as a missionary in the 1800s. Rose was born on Aug. 29, 1769, in Grenoble, France. On the day of her baptism, she received the names…