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gTRc S^r^nc °f Our ‘Jacfy of the cWootfs
“cFhe twenty~one years of pioneer missionary work had undermined the heafth of father (JJuteux and in the Jdff of 1857 he visited his native prance to recuperate, °In January of 1858 on his return trip to ^Bay St. ^Jouis his ship was imperifed by a great storm that Battered the crajt in mountainous seas Jor Jive days, cWhen the ship sprang a Teak, destruction and death seemed inevitabfe. father ^uteux prayed and invoked the aid of Our (JJfessed £Mpther, promising to buifd a shrine in her honor if aff were spared, cJTte ship was a battered wreck, destitute of saifs and mast, but it came sajefy into harbor, father (JJuteux sent immediatefy to prance for a statue of Our ^ady. Xlpcm its arrivaf, he gathred his parishioners, the brothers and Sisters, and formed a procession to the woods in the rear of the Consent property. cJTiere he bTessed the statue under the titfe Our °Jady of the ‘Woods. cFhe Sisters aided by fadies of the parish pfanted the avenue of cedars that fine the path to the shrine.
Tears fater a gentfeman invofved in serious troubfe made a sofemn promise to Our ^ady of the cWoods. ^Jshe woufd hefp him in his dijjerence, he woufd buifd a shrin in her honor. cJTieJavor was obtained and in gratitude, he buift the shrine that remains to this day.” celebrating 100 Years of
Incorporation, composition by Nel Ducomb, 1958.