She is the first discalced carmelite nun to become a saint outside the boundaries of europe and the fourth saint teresa in carmel together with saint teresa of avila, of florence and of lisieux. Discalced carmelite mystic and the first chilean to be beatified or canonized. She was baptized juanita fernandez solar and born in santiago, chile on july, 1900. A model for young people, teresa was beatified in 1987 in santiago, chile, and was canonized by pope john paul ii on march 21, 1993. Saint teresa of jesus of the andes discalced carmelites. Fernandez solar received her education in a college managed by french nuns from the sacred. Mireya veliz 1915 5 september 20 was a chilean actress with a career of more than 50 years, retiring at the age of 96. Educata sin dallinfanzia alla fede dai suoi genitori, ha una precoce inclinazione allorazione e al bene. She was the first chilean and the first carmelite outside of europe to be canonized.
As a young girl growing up in the early 1900s in santiago, chile, juana fernandez read an autobiography of a frenchborn sainttherese, popularly known as the little flower. Her family was shocked at the crowds of people who came to teresas funeral mass. Nel 1907 entra come alunna esterna nel collegio delle religiose del sacro cuore. Nevertheless, she is willing to give up the comfort of her home and the warmth and companionship of her family for the cold, harsh life of the carmelite sisters in the andes. Her feast day is april 12th and her discalced carmelite feast is july th. There she was given the religious name of teresa of jesus. She died on april 12 of the following year after having made her religious. Obras completas maestros espirituales cristianos pdf en este sitio web. Her work with the poor and her comforting letters had touched many lives. She was born juana fernandez solar juanita in santiago, chile, on july 1900. Her baptism was celebrated in the parish church of santa ana. Al citar diario nos referiremos al diario y cartas, ed. The edition ive seen is in spanish with english subtitles. Teresas example teaches us that we can follow jesus by praying for and helping others.
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