which was placed in the vault under the floor of the oratory,
June 13, 1876.

The third exhumation took place on January 28, 1896, on the occasion of
the canonical authentication of the remains, which was to close the
Ordinary Process, begun in St. Louis, in May, 1895. They were found just
as they were when placed in the iron coffer twenty years previously,
except that the latter was full to the brim of water as pure as if it
had been distilled. This water was drained off and carefully kept; and
by the use of it several cures were obtained, one of them a case of
tuberculosis in its last stage. After the ceremony, the remains were
restored to their resting place as before. A fourth exhumation will take
place at the close of the Apostolic Process begun at Rome in April of
1911.

By the approbation of the Ordinary Process, and the regular introduction
of her cause, December 8, 1909, Mother Duchesne became entitled to the
appellation of the Venerable Servant of God, Philippine Duchesne.

A few words before closing, concerning the work of Venerable Mother
Duchesne. We have seen that she had personally founded six houses, three
in Missouri and three in Louisiana, and also that the mission among the
Pottowatomies, was due in a great measure to her prayers and exertions.
Just at the time of this last foundation, the Society of the Sacred
Heart entered upon a period of rapid expansion, and when the venerable
Mother died, ten years later, it already counted sixteen houses in the
United States and Canada; while now, there are twenty-seven in the
former country, and five in the latter. But the great tree, of which
Mother Duchesne was the vigorous root, spread its branches still
further. For she it was who had enkindled the sacred fire of the
apostolic spirit in the heart of Mother du Rousier who, in the designs
of God, was to be the pioneer of the Sacred Heart in the vast regions of
South America.

CHAPTER IX

SOME FRUITS OF HER WORK

When Mother Duchesne with her companions, was on her way to Bordeaux to
take passage for the New World, she stopped at the convent of Poitiers.
There, as everywhere, her enterprise excited the deepest interest and
admiration. The children were, of course, eager to see and hear her;
and, in the youthful crowd that gathered around her full of expectancy,
there was one child, not yet in her 'teens, broad-browed, and with eyes
full of earnest thoughtfulness. As she listened to the burning words