Teresa of avila

If you want to talk about a powerful Catholic woman (besides our Blessed Mother), St. Teresa of Avila is it. Hanging above my desk at the Pilgrim Center of Hope (which used to be a Teresian convent…

Sister Teresa of the Trinity’s poem uses autumn leaves to symbolize earthly life’s transience and calls for divine guidance to transcend earthly bounds, echoing the grand spiritual vent…

Sainted nun and Jesus

"'If I had not been accepted in Carmel, I would have entered a Refuge (for fallen women) and lived out my days there, unknown and despised among the poor penitents. I would have been happy to be taken as one of them, and would have become an apostle among them, telling them what I thought of God's mercy.'" - St. Therese, from 'St. Therese By Those Who Knew Her'.

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