In Pauline Jaricot, the author Mary Fabyn Windeatt recounts the story of nineteenth century Venerable, Pauline Jaricot of France, who founded The Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary. It is because of these great institutions established by Pauline Jaricot that she is known as one of the greatest lay apostles of the Catholic Church. Utilizing the virtues of humility, selflessness, and charity Pauline dedicated her life to spreading the faith throughout France and ultimately to the whole world. With humility, Pauline faced numerous infractions to her pride. While tending the sick at St. Polycarp’s hospital Pauline Meekly waited on incurable patients, washed them, and dressed their sores. Once more Pauline humbled herself, wearing the color she loathed; purple, for a whole year. While begging, Pauline Jaricot and Maria Dubouis were confronted by a man who scornfully derided them declaring, “He didn’t want any tramps on his property.” Humbly, Pauline endured his demeaning remark, disregarding its infringement to her pride. Humility, Pauline’s most prodigious attribute was what abetted her in overcoming her pride, when met with these humiliating circumstances. …show more content…
Despite her weak and helpless state, Pauline thought nothing of herself, but rather of her mother, praying, “Dear God, if she’s ill, make her get better… And if necessary, let me die in her place.” Pauline’s self-abnegation was so boundless that, “She belonged to too many other people… the house was always full of strangers—hungry, fretful, sick or unemployed.” When offered the opportunity to, “Be free of every claim” of her debt she unselfishly she declined saying, “I’m not running away from my obligations…I know I’ve been a fool, but I can still keep my promise to others.” Pauline’s selflessness was the virtue which aided her in placing others before
When Marie tries to ask the protagonist to take a walk, this action shows that she is trying to achieve Pauline’s dream by getting her outside of the house. Therefore, she could finally feel the true meaning of freedom. Nevertheless, Pauline’s mother’s response demonstrates that she wants her daughter’s safety more than anything. The mother tries to keep Pauline away from the danger, so the protagonist can at last have a healthier life. However, Agathe’s reply shows that her mother is willing to sacrifice Pauline’s dream to keep her secure.
Mary Rowlandson was an Indian captive, and also an American writer. She was born in England approximately 1637-1638. She immigrated to Lancaster, Massachusetts with her parents. Joseph Rowlandson became a minister in 1654 and two years later he married Mary. They together had four children, one whom died as an infant, but the others were Joseph, Mary, and Sarah.
Mary MacKillop was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne on January the 15th 1842. She was the first child to Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. Mary was one child out of 8 and spent most of her childhood years looking after and acting like a second mother to her siblings. The MacKillop family were quite poor so at the young age of 14, Mary got herself a job as a governess and as teacher at a Portland school. All the money Mary earned went towards her families everyday living. While working as a governess, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods. By the time Mary had reached the age of 15 she had decided that she wanted to be a nun. She also wanted to devote her life to the poor and less fortunate. So upon meeting Father Julian Tension Woods she told him her hopes and dreams, and together they decided to set up a school. In 1861, they worked together and opened Australia's first free Catholic school. At the time only the rich could afford schooling. But at the school Mary opened anyone was welcome. Mary was a great teacher and became very popular within the community. Although Mary was very pleased with her work she still felt a religious calling. So Mary and Father Woods started their own order, 'The Sisters of St. Joseph.' In 1867 Mary then moved to Adelaide where she opened another school. Before long there were 17 schools open across Australia. Mary's followers grew and by 1909 she had followers all over Australia. Mary later died on the 8th of August 1909.
One of the leading black female activists of the 20th century, during her life, Mary Church Terrell worked as a writer, lecturer and educator. She is remembered best for her contribution to the struggle for the rights of women of African descent. Mary Terrell was born in Memphis, Tennessee at the close of the Civil War. Her parents, former slaves who later became millionaires, tried to shelter her from the harsh reality of racism. However, as her awareness of the problem developed, she became an ardent supporter of civil rights. Her life was one of privilege but the wealth of her family did not prevent her from experiencing segregation and the humiliation of Jim Crow laws. While traveling on a train her family was sent to the Jim Crow car. This experience, along with others led her to realize that racial injustice was evil. She saw that racial injustice and all other forms of injustice must be fought.
In the fall of 1743, somewhere on the stormy Atlantic, a child was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary. The little baby girl was named Mary, and although she was not aware of it, she was joining her parents and brothers and sisters on a voyage to the New World.
"Slave power crushes freedom of speech and of opinion. Slave power degrades labor. Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is cruel, is despotic, not only over the slave but over the community, the state." This quote comes from Elizabeth Van Lew, whose father owned slaves before the civil war. Elizabeth was an abolitionist and didn’t believe in her fathers ways. One of the slaves on the Van Lew plantation, Mary Elizabeth Bowser went on to be much more than just a slave.
Francis of Assisi is one of the most influential personalities in the entire world. In the book ‘Francis of Assisi: Performing the Gospel Life,’ Cunningham recounts the life of this humble monk who lived in the medieval times, and shaped the Christian life, which spread in Western culture throughout the rest of history. I believe Cunningham accurately accounts for the life of Francis of Assisi, and in doing so; he provides a trajectory of the Christian faith from its early and historical proponents through its fusion with western culture, and its subsequent spread throughout the world.
New York, NY: Pantheon Books Zimmerman, B. (1912) The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. St. Teresa of Avila. The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Robert Appleton Company.
Looking back on the death of Larissa’s son, Zebedee Breeze, Lorraine examines Larissa’s response to the passing of her child. Lorraine says, “I never saw her cry that day or any other. She never mentioned her sons.” (Senior 311). This statement from Lorraine shows how even though Larissa was devastated by the news of her son’s passing, she had to keep going. Women in Larissa’s position did not have the luxury of stopping everything to grieve. While someone in Lorraine’s position could take time to grieve and recover from the loss of a loved one, Larissa was expected to keep working despite the grief she felt. One of the saddest things about Zebedee’s passing, was that Larissa had to leave him and was not able to stay with her family because she had to take care of other families. Not only did Larissa have the strength to move on and keep working after her son’s passing, Larissa and other women like her also had no choice but to leave their families in order to find a way to support them. As a child, Lorraine did not understand the strength Larissa must have had to leave her family to take care of someone else’s
In James Hurst's short story “The Scarlet Ibis” the author describes the life of Doodle and the relationship he shares with his brother. During the story he has some happy moments with his brother, but his brother is also very selfish. Doodle pushes himself to his limits to try to please his brother. Doodle’s brother lets his pride get the best of him and forgets about the wellbeing and feelings of Doodle. (Summary) Throughout the entire story the central message is, Pride can lead people to do terrible as well as wonderful things.(thesis)
The achievements of St Teresa of Avila and monks in monasteries remarkably contributed to the expansion of the Christian faith in the Middle Ages because they courageously communicated their beliefs and re-built communities’ religious framework to acknowledge and preach Christian values and traditions. St Teresa of Avila was known as the patroness of the religious and the sick and significantly contributed to the development of Christianity. Her visions of Jesus encouraged her to go out and pursue a life devoted to religion and God. In response, she travelled barefoot across the countryside of Spain on a mission to form Carmelite convents for young women, so that they too, could pursue lives of deep prayer and devotion to Christianity. “Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good.”
After enlisting the services of Soliman “to care for her body.” Pauline subsequently asserts her fairness and beauty to mentally paralyze Soliman, “grazing his flanks with her body under the water, for she knew that he was continually tortured by desire.” (Carpentier, 89) His incapacitation is a result of Soliman’s understanding of his ‘place’ relative to Pauline—conscious of the consequences that could stem from making advances toward his master, a white woman. She playfully “whip(s) him with a green switch…for the fun of seeing the faces
Mrs. Mallard is an ill woman who is “afflicted with heart trouble” and had to be told very carefully by her sister and husband’s friend that her husband had died (1609). Her illness can be concluded to have been brought upon her by her marriage. She was under a great amount of stress from her unwillingness to be a part of the relationship. Before her marriage, she had a youthful glow, but now “there was a dull stare in her eyes” (1610). Being married to Mr. Mallard stifled the joy of life that she once had. When she realizes the implications of her husband’s death, she exclaims “Free! Body and soul free!” (1610). She feels as though a weight has been lifted off her shoulders and instead of grieving for him, she rejoices for herself. His death is seen as the beginn...
Up until I joined the Loreto Sisters of Dublin, a community of nuns, my mother helped me be a faithful follower of Jesus, more than just in the Church. When I was young, after my father died my mother would invite the people from the streets to dine with us at every evening meal. When I asked her who these people were, she replied, “Some of them are our relations, but all of them are our people” (“Mother Teresa”). She instilled in me a very strong commitment to all of the poor, which I never forgot all through my life, and I became devoted to those very
“Today I appeal to the whole Church community to be willing to foster feminine participation in every way in its internal life. This is certainly not a new commitment, since it is inspired by the example of Christ himself….nevertheless, he also involved women in the cause of his kingdom; indeed he wanted them to be the first witnesses and heralds of his resurrection. In fact, there are many women who have distinguished themselves in the Church’s history by their holiness and hardworking ingenuity.”