St Agnes was a significant person and lived her life as evidence of her faith
St Agnes was a significant person and lived her life as evidence of her faith
Saint Anne is the Patron Saint against poverty, childless couples, grandmothers, grandparents, mothers, pregnant women and women in labor. She is symbolized by Mary in her lap holding the infant Jesus. She was canonized in the year 1970 by Pope John…
Saint Elizabeth worked with charitable organizations in her home city and converted to Catholicism after traveling to Italy with her husband in 1803. She and her husband were traveling in hopes to improve her husband’s health. The Italian climate was supposed to help him out, but he died shortly after arriving to Italy. While traveling she kept a journal that we can learn of her heroic effort to sustain the drooping spirits of her husband during the voyage and until his death on December 27, 1803.…
Sister Agnes took in Jews. She took care of the Jews. The Jews were her friends. She risked her own life for them. She made correct choices during World War II.…
During WWII, Adolf Hitler started capturing and torturing Jews. Jews were sent to concentration camps and shortly after, killed by Nazis. Many people stood by and did nothing in fear they would be killed, but some brave souls stood up and did something to help people who could not help themselves. Sister Agnes took many risks and made many correct choices in the midst of the holocaust. Sister Agnes made many correct choices during the holocaust, these are examples of them.…
(Davies, 279) The subject matter of this painting is St. Clare of Assisi, one of the first followers of St Francis of Assisi. Her portrait, which is in the center of the painting, is surrounded by eight small frames which narrates important episodes of her life. She was raised by wealthy parents, but devoted her life to prayer and unselfishness as a young child. At age 18, she left home, gave up all her possessions, and joined St. Francis in Service.…
People who modelled or taught a religious way of life Mary Mackillop’s parents were very consequential influences in her life. Both were Scottish Catholics, vigorously committed to their faith. Mary’s father, Alexander,studied for the priesthood in Scotland and in Rome but was never ordained. He became a leading lay Catholic in the infant Catholic community of Melbourne. Alexander withal appreciated the paramountcy of edification.…
St Benedict was a wise man. In 530BCE, Benedict wrote a Rule for monks living communally under the authority of an Abbott. Years past and people took notice of his Rule. Today, Benedict's Rule is being followed by Christians all over the world. But how is his Rule a guide for Christian living?…
Once she passed away her closest associates were amazed about how she was suffering and what experiences she had encountered. The last interesting fact about my saint is that she received a message from our Lord to spread the message of his mercy to the world. She wrote all about this in her diary, Divine Mercy In My Soul, which is now published in the handbook for devotion to the Divine…
I strongly believe that the Ecumenical Movements and Interfaith Dialogue are important in Australian society. As a result of World War II, Australia today has such a unique history that has formed the diversity of its peoples, their cultures and lifestyles. World War II also caused many; cultural, social, political and global movements which were all designed to generate unity and peace amongst dividing dominations and religious groups in Australia. These movements were all used to re-establish order and produce reconciliation in Australia but it did face some challenges. The World Council of Churches (W.C.C) and the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) are ecumenical movements that aim to unify the Protestant churches of the world and ultimately…
LIFE OF HERLUIN, (VITA HERLUINI), by Gilbert Crispin (1045-1117) Analysis of lines 8-20, page 8 Gilbert Crispin (1045-1117), the author of the possible foundation narrative or pseudo-hagiography - from the Greek, meaning ‘holy writing’ - Vita Herluini, as it was originally titled in Latin, was a theologian, monk at the Abbey of Bec, and ultimately the Abbot of Westminster (1085). Consequently, Crispin spent much of his life in the Abbey of Bec, alongside Herluin and later on, Lanfranc, providing the inspiration behind the text. The document is believed to be dated towards the end of Crispin’s life, likely after 1078 and the death of Anselm, the Abbot of Bec, after Herluin’s death in 1078. Around this period in medieval history, hagiographies were a popular method of promoting the lives of saints, but as stated by Salih, they were ‘amongst the earliest English literature’ and ‘continued to flourish in the early sixteenth century.’…
Saint Julia Billiart Saint Julia (Julie) Billiart was born in 1751 in Cuvilly France. After she sadly died in 1816 at the age of 64 she was made the patron saint against poverty, bodily ills, and disease. In her childhood, she was very religious, at age seven, she already knew the catechism by heart, and used to gather up her peers and tell it to them. Julie’s progress in spiritual things was so rapid that the parish priest, Father Dangicourt, allowed her to both make her first communion and her confirmation at age nine.…
At the age 18 she heard St. Francis of Assisi preach during a Lenten service in the church of San Giorgio and asked him to help her live according to the Gospel. Clare's parents found a wealthy young man that she can marry,…
St Benedict put together 12 communities of monks, no one had ever set up communities like his before. His sister, St Scholastica also lived nearby to live a religious life. Around this time in Europe there was a lot of disease and violence . Many of the public came to him to ask if he could provide shelter for them. Some people even decided to become part of the monastery.…
An Announcement from the Uplifted to the Oppressed: Saint Marie “We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren't able to burn.” ― Tish Thawer, The Witches of BlackBrook It figures that any story like her’s could only be a fairytale, but Saint Marie? She means so much more to us.…
She stressed the idea that everyone could practice their own beliefs in private without arousing disputes, especially because they were all worshipping the same Jesus. Overall, she encouraged peace between…