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  1. 5 days ago · Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada of Ávila, Spain (1515-1582) — also called St. Teresa of Jesus — was a prominent Spanish mystic. She’s the patron saint of chess, and a scrappy one at that. Games weren’t permitted in Teresa’s reformed convents, but she mention chess in her 1566 guide for her Carmelite sisters and monks entitled ...

  2. 2 days ago · Who is St. Therese. St. Therese had a simple yet powerful message that still resonates in the hearts of millions today. Her “Little Way” of allowing God to work through her life has become a guiding light for the faithful. Learn More.

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  3. 4 days ago · St. Teresa of Avila, born in 1515 and canonized as a saint in 1614, was a prominent Spanish mystic, writer, and reformer. Her numerous contributions to the Catholic Church make her an important topic for educators to cover when teaching about religious history and spirituality.

  4. 2 days ago · Teresa of Ávila was a late starter, but that was no bad thing for a paragon of piety. A perplexed or misspent adolescence emphasised the transforming power of grace in both Catholic hagiography and puritan conversion narratives. She was born into a Castilian merchant family in 1515, but her ...

  5. 4 days ago · Saint Teresa of Ávila once said: ‘In hard times we need faithful friends of God’. At a time of hardship and division in the middle of the sixteenth century, she advocated friendship. In our current times, political polarization and populism abound the world over.

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