Convents

impossible to sing in operas. Many women composers were published under their father’s or husband’s name making it easier to get famous and spread around Europe. Women were extremely important in music in the Baroque time period both in and out of convents. Although it has taken a long time for these women composers to be discovered, they still have been. This discovery shows how women composers are just as important as men composers not only in the Baroque Era but in all of…

period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world. Medieval life centered around the church, in which worship services were held, the sick, poor, elderly, and orphaned could take refuge. Here, within the nunneries and convents men and women alike were taught to read and write literature and music. Unfortunately the knowledge was screened by the Church hierarchy, and many were only taught to read works provided to them. Only a fortunate few were granted the…

five women (Consolata, Mavis, Gigi, Seneca and Pallas) who reside in a place called the Convent. Those responsible for this bloody assassination of women are their black male counterparts from the nearby town of Ruby. Morrison writes, “Everything that worries them must come from women”(217). This may suggest that the massacre of the females is due to the new community that they build with their coming to the Convent. It is also the community where Morrison allows these females to break their…

In the movie Seklusyon directed by Erik Matti, religion was presented. Using its substantive definition, religion was showed in a way that those aspiring to be a priest are sent to a convent to live in seclusion on the last week of their training because they believe that the evil attacks more aggressively during the last seven days of becoming a priest. They believe that living in a secluded area for a week will save them from the evil spirits. On the other hand, in a functional definition,…

this in our homes. I feel that the cities should invest in public dog parks so that our animals have freedom to run and play, also release there energy and owner dont have to worry about having to own their own yard. this makes the dog parks very convent for citizens According to the American Society for Prevention of Cruety to Animals (ASPCA), dogs that dont get exercise can act out by barking and destroying things at home. Now without these dog parks, is why so many dogs are break and…

she was the 5th born of 8 children to her loving parents whom she gives equal credit for her upbringing. As Ms. X grew, she continued to practice her religion and joined the convent at the age of 19 where she lived in New York and worked as a home nurse in high poverty areas until she was 29 years old. After leaving the convent, Ms. X became a Preschool teacher, got married and raised her 5 children. Today, Ms. X works part time as a teacher’s assistant, after working as a teacher for years,…

the convent because she was in love with Julia. She never thought she could love a person more than she loved Julia. For Maria love was more about than a relationship or sex. For Maria love was about being unconditional, kind, and caring. Julia was more than just simple descriptive adjectives. Maria came from a traditional family, where they thought gay people were sinners and they belonged to hell. Maria’s parents found out about the sin of her daughter and decided to send her to the convent.…

What makes a good person sin? More specifically, what makes a monk start raping and killing people? Matthew Lewis would answer Catholicism, for it corrupts even the most virtuous person as shown in his book The Monk. The main character Ambrosio was left at a monastery when he was just a year old, leaving him to be raised by monks. Later in life, at the peak of his success, Ambrosio succumbs to the temptation of sins such as lust, murder, rape, and sorcery, and breaks his monastic vows. Hinting…

what is now western Germany, she entered Benedictine convent at the age of 7 and took vows when she was 16. In her early 30s she began to experience visions and revelations, which she recorded in a series of books. Hildegard was the first woman to receive explicit permission from a pope to write on theology. She also wrote on such diverse subjects as medicine, plants, and lives of the saints, all while directing the life of a thriv9ng convent as its abbess.…

in the presence of the Lord? As Mass closes, in unison all of the nuns and girls recite the Holy Prayer– “En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo. Amén” (Lore 12). I stay back hoping to see Marina and talk to her about joining the convent since she is approaching 18. She rushes out of the church; off to paint, or search the internet. My vision becomes distorted and blurry when tears slowly roll down my cheeks. “Oh, niña amable, niña bonita, for over ten years I have cared for you…