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Due to her many works for God and a high degree of holiness, Teresa de Jesus of Spain was declared a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Due to her Wisdom recorded, she is one of the three named female Doctors of the Church. She was born at Avila in Spain in 1515. She joined the Carmelite Order, made great progress in the way of perfection and enjoyed mystical revelations. When she reformed the Order, she met with much resistance, but she succeeded with undaunted courage. She also wrote books filled with sublime doctrine, the fruit of her own spiritual life. She died in Avila in 1582. Our class is beginning reading her book "The Way of Perfection" (2000 study edition with English text prepared by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., whom I have known for many years. It will be my second read of this classic). If you care to also read this edifying masterpiece on bettering your life spiritually, order from
For more information on this marvelous woman, start at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_avila
Teresa of Avila_0258
Due to her many works for God and a high degree of holiness, Teresa de Jesus of Spain was declared a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Due to her Wisdom recorded, she is one of the three named female Doctors of the Church. She was born at Avila in Spain in 1515. She joined the Carmelite Order, made great progress in the way of perfection and enjoyed mystical revelations. When she reformed the Order, she met with much resistance, but she succeeded with undaunted courage. She also wrote books filled with sublime doctrine, the fruit of her own spiritual life. She died in Avila in 1582. Our class is beginning reading her book "The Way of Perfection" (2000 study edition with English text prepared by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D., whom I have known for many years. It will be my second read of this classic). If you care to also read this edifying masterpiece on bettering your life spiritually, order from
For more information on this marvelous woman, start at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_avila