when it came to education. Both went about it in different ways although they had similar origins. These women were Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz and Catalina de Erauso. These noblewomen became catholic nuns. One sought an education from of the church. The other attended a university‚ Sor Juana stayed a nun. Catalina defied gender norms‚ cross-dressed and left the convent. In this way Sor Juana did more to influence public opinion regulating patriarchy and the treatment of gender
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ghosts‚ or aswangs. I was a little disappointed at that because I was expecting a horror movie at the beginning‚ but when you see the film you’ll understand that it did not need flashy effects or Sadakos to make your adrenaline rush. Aparisyon is about nuns who live in an isolated monastery‚ 1971‚ a year before Marcos ran the Philippines. It’s about Lourdes‚ a young novice who just moved into the monastery. The movie is not very word-y‚ it took time to show everyday life in a convent: waking up‚ praying
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alive) -characters: two sisters (making haste to be married off) Begins with losing a child nun (i.e. Catherine) (she is recognized as a spoiled and impertinent kid) Catherine has been exploring a hidden and forbidden room Juxtaposition of another story (revealing her past): the father threw himself at the carriage to save a child and died (sacrifice)(choice is wrong??)-> the child nuns are sent away by Mother Superior Castle: “the poor have to work their hides off for the rich.”
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Saint Teresa of Avila is the patron of headache sufferers and she is a spanish catholic writer. She was born on March 28‚ 1515 and died on October 4‚ 1582. Saint Teresa of Avila’s feast day is October 15. Growing up‚ Saint Teresa of Avila had a strict father and a loving mother. Her father was always strict when it came to her. Saint Teresa of Avila was convinced that she was a horrible sinner. As a teenager‚ she only cared about boys‚ clothes‚ flirting‚ and rebelling. When she was sixteen‚ her father
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Barbara Mujica’s 2007 novel Sister Teresa‚ details the lives of Sister Teresa of Ávila as well as her companion Angelica del Sagrado Corazón growing up in Spain and being nuns during the Spanish Inquisition. Throughout her life Sister Teresa (also known as Teresa de Ahumada); is often looked down upon by society due to her Jewish ancestry. The only thing that keeps herself and the rest of her family from being under total persecution is the fact that her father‚ Don Alonso‚ bought a patent of nobility
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Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul Therese was born in France in 1873. Therese was the pampered daughter of a mother who had wanted to be a saint and a father who had wanted to be monk. They had nine children and the five children who lived were all daughters who were close all their lives. When Therese was four and a half years old her mother died of breast cancer. Her sixteen year old sister Pauline became her second mother‚ which made the second loss even worse when
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she was born in Skopje‚ now capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. –wikipedia.com She came from a wealthy family‚ and could easily have lived a comfortable life‚ but she gave it all up to become a Catholic nun and devote her life to the poor. During her lifetime‚ she had many achievements; here are just some of the awards which she won: In 1976 she won the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award‚ In 1979 she was the Nobel Peace Prize Winner‚ In 1985
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Buddha began the nuns order is a story that has been told and retold throughout the history of Buddhism. Although some little details are different from place to place‚ the story is pretty much the same. “Five years after the Buddha’s attainment of enlightenment and establishment of an order of monks‚ his aunt and foster mother Mahaprajapati Gautami comes to him and asks that women‚ too‚ be allowed to ‘go forth from the home to the homeless life’ and be ordained as Buddhist nuns. The Buddha‚ however
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of women was subordinated upon the creation of the Order of Nuns by the Buddha. In the Cullavaga text‚ Mahaprajapati (the aunt and mother-figure of the Buddha) asked the Buddha to create an Order of Nuns (bhikkhuni) after he had created an Order of Monks (bhikku). She asked three times‚ with his answer being no upon each request. Finally‚ upon the intervention of his male cousin and attendant‚ the Buddha agreed to allow an Order of Nuns to be founded. Nevertheless‚ in doing so‚ he stated that women
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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was a major figure in Hispanic literature and a remarkable colonial intellectual of the Baroque. Sor Juana’s literary works serve as a look into the dynamic world of seventeenth century Hispanic literature. Considered the last great author of Spain’s Golden Age‚ Sor Juana and her influence contributed to creating a Mexican identity in the New World. Her poetry and life present the difficulties women then faced trying to thrive in academic and artistic fields. As a famous
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