Theodore J. van den Broek

Theodore John van den Broek (5 November 1783 – 5 November 1851) was a Dutch Dominican missionary to the United States.

Quotes

• At the last day God will not ask me whether my church was a wigwam or a log church. He asks not for churches but for souls, and the soul of the poorest Indian living in the most miserable wigwam is as dear to him as the soul of the greatest sovereign.
  • The Story of Father Van den Broek, O. P.

Quotes about Theodore John Van den Broek

• He was both priest and physician to the Indians.
  • J. H. M. Wigman, Theodore J. Van den Broek (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia