Convent

18-year-old Mother Teresa said goodbye to her family to travel to Ireland and then on to India. She never saw her mother or sister again. She began teaching history and geography at the convent schools in Calcutta, in 1935, 25-year-old Mother Teresa was given a special exemption to teach at a school outside of the convent, St. Teresa's. After two years at St. Teresa's, Mother Teresa took her final vows on May 24, 1937 and officially became "Mother Teresa." She dedicated through out all…

The title of my artwork is called Angel with Arquebous, Asiel with Arquebus, created by the artist Marsha K. Russel. Also known as Archangel with Gun, Asiel Timor Dei. This painting features a male angel posing with a harquebus, a type of gun, supported on a tripod, from the 16th century. Asiel, the angel, is also wearing early clothing, resembling the Andean aristocrats and Inca royalty, and is distinct from the military attire of Gheyn’s harquebusiers. Master of Calamarca, an unknown…

de la Cruz was saying that despite her less than positive opinions on religious life, she saw it as a way to have access to an education, which was more important to her. Convents were not always an escape for women to get an education, the same social system that was carried outside of the convent, was brought into the convent. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz broke barriers by bending and twisting the rules in her favor. She argued, “Without logic, how should I know the general and specific methods…

Saint Christina, also known as Christina Mirabilis, is often referred to as Saint Christina the Astonishing. Saint Christina was born in Brusthem, which is near Liege, Belgium, and lived from 1150 to 1224. She is the patron saint of millers, insanity, mental disorders, mental handicaps, mental illness, lunatics, mental health caregivers, mental health professionals, mentally ill people, psychiatrists, and therapists. Saint Christina was born into a poor family, and was orphaned at age…

Benedictines, and was educated in the convent of Disibodenberg (Singer 57). Therefore, Hildegard was destined to become a great Catholic thinker from a young age because she was able to gain spiritual knowledge at an influential stage of her life. She was said to have her first visions at the age of three, but decided hide this unique gift until she could properly manifest the ability at a later age (Ramos-e-Silva 316). Later she became abbess at the very same convent where she spent most of…

not even grant me this, still, if I weary my brains and increase my headache by striving to obey, I shall gain in merit, though my words should be useless to any one. So I begin this work on the Feast of the Blessed Trinity in the year 1577, in the Convent of St. Joseph of Carmel at Toledo, where I am living, and I submit all my writings to the judgement of those learned men by whose commands I undertake them. That it will be the fault of ignorance, not malice, if I say anything contrary to the…

During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Italy, marriage and dowry were central issues that greatly impacted both family structure and, thus, social and economic structure. Contrary to modern views of the 20th century, women during these time periods were viewed as vessels for economic and social advancement. A woman’s individuality was insignificant and her importance depended solely on the ability to create strategic marriage ties with families and depended highly upon her accompanying…

The book St.Margaret Mary and the Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Mary Fabyan Windeatt, recounts the painful life of a girl from Lhautecour, France in the17 century who fervently wants to become a nun and fulfill the promise she made to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In her way to achieve this, she must endure a lot of difficulties. Nevertheless, by Gods Grace, a lot of prayers, and many virtues as like obedience, charity, and humility Margaret at the age of 23 is able to enter at the…

I found this source via the syllabus of the University of Memphis’ High Middle Ages Class. Karras utilizes a variety of sources, foreign and English texts, as well as art to name a few to support her article. I believe that this article is accurate because she aptly able to support any kind of argument that she makes with evidence. I believe this text is scholarly because of Karras’ academic background and needed because Karras goes on to expand the understanding of the term “prostitute” for her…

Since the beginning of time, both genders have had predetermined characteristics that have separated men from women. Certain behaviors, characteristics, or assumptions are tied with each gender as a symbol of their biological nature. In recent times, these lines have become less prominent, but the same cannot be said for the Shakespearian era as gender roles were key in societal acceptance. Most likely influenced by his times, William Shakespeare wrote many comical and witty plays that bent…