St. Germaine Cousin Research Paper

St. Philomena was born on January 10th, 291 in Greece. St. Philomena’s name in latin is Filialuminis which means daughter of light. St. Philomena’s parents were both royal from a small state in Greece. Her father was forced to have his daughter marry emperor Diocletian. “My virginity, which I have vowed to God, comes before everything, before you, before my country. My kingdom is Heaven.” St. Philomena rejected the emperor because she made a promise to herself that her virginity belonged to God. Because St. Philomena would not accept his hand in marriage, he forced guards to unclothe her and whip her. Thinking her wounds were irreparable, the guards chained her up in a dungeon, assuming she would die. Philomena recovered with the help of

Sixteenth-century rules included marrying at a young age, daily female tasks, pleasing their husbands and being virtuous and honorable. Bertrande met all these of characteristics, but met them on her own time. While society viewed her as a reputable young woman she had personal beliefs. She withheld bearing a child with Martin until she felt she was ready and when pressed by family to separate from Martin she refused. These traits portrayed how Bertrande was concerned about her reputation as a woman, but also showed that when she was confronted with the loss or gain of happiness she knew how to maneuver around society’s beliefs about women in the sixteenth-century.

St. Catherine was born in Sienna, Italy on March 25, 1347. She had 24 siblings, but most of them didn’t make it past childhood. Catherine’s sister died when she was 16. An idea by her parents came up about Catherine marrying her sister’s husband. She rejected the idea and began to fast and make herself look bad because it made her so mad. From this, she became more religious, but did not want to join a convent. Instead, she joined the Third Order of St. Dominic, which allowed her to become part of a religious group while still living at home with her family. Catherine’s family continually criticized her for giving away things without asking, but she put up with their complaints and kept giving to the poor. Giving to the poor was what she

Another beautiful female saint to admire, is Saint Catherine of Siena. At an early age, Saint Catherine devoted her life to God. During

Joan has seen God, brought her country to victory, and has become a saint, in and after her lifetime. Her legacy lives on today, as she is still one of the greatest human beings of the past today. Joan of Arc grew up in an uneducated and very poor family who lived in Domrémy, France near Champagne during 1400’s. When she was born on January 6,1412 , France was on the edge of losing the Hundred Years’ War, and they had no chance of beating the British that had already won multiple battles. Joan’s father was a farmer, that made just enough for his family.

Saint Francis was one of the most selfless people to live. Francis gave up his rich and lavish life style to live as Jesus Christ did. There are many qualities that Saint Francis possessed that I can connect to a few people I know, but the few that I am going to be relating to my life would be his generosity, how prayerful he was and his humbleness. I believe that two of my close friends possess qualities that make them like Francis.

She was fighting for the French during the terrible time they had fighting in the hundred year war. Before Joan of Arc the french was losing the war like crazy so she

Saint Agnes was such a kind person that tried to help everyone. Even when she grew old, she still cooked for others and did kind chores for the lepers. She sewed the lepers clothes and did many things for others. All of the things

When asked to write about a saint the one that comes to mind is Saint Luke. The reason he comes to mind is because that is the church we go to at home, St. Luke's Catholic Church. That is the reason why I chose him. For the reason the church we go to is names after him and I always wanted to know more information about who he was as a person.

Marie Sophie Germain was born in Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, France, on April 1, 1776, in a wealthy Persian family. Ambroise-Francois, her father, was a rich man who was assumed to be a wealthy silk merchant, or a goldsmith. Ambroise was elected as the representative of the bourgeoisie to Etats-Généraux en 1789, which had involved his daughter to witness many discussions with her father and his peers. When she was 13, The French Revolution broke out. Enforcing her to remain indoors,as she turned to her father’s library to take away her boredom where she became interested in mathematics. Pouring her time into each book as she had taught herself Latin and Greek, allowing her to read other famous mathematicians work such as Isaac Newton.

I chose St. Angela Merici. St. Angela Merici is the patron saint of the disabled and physically challenged. I chose St. Angela Merici because she saw that girls were unable to get a proper academic education or an education in the Christian faith, and she then decided to help young girls get the education they needed. Education is very important to me just like it was important to St. Angela Merici. I was inspired by the way St. Angela Merici saw the problem of improper education and fixed it. She was also dedicated to prayer which I believe is an important quality.

My saint is Saint Francis de Sales. I chose Francis because he is the patron saint of the deaf. My mom is half deaf. He even created a sign language so a deaf man could hear about God. Another reason why I chose St. Francis is because my brother’s name is Francis. I enjoy reading books, and Francis was the patron of Catholic writers.

She didn't technically have a family name so he decided to marry her and give him his. When Madame Valmonde arrived in L'Abri, it had been a month since she had saw Desiree's baby. The place gave her an uneasy feeling because it had not been kept up with a woman's touch since Armand's mom died in France before very coming to America. Armand had many slaves and was very harsh on them that they couldn't even be happy. Madame Valmonde becomes very uneasy when she see's the baby, even a little startled. She thinks that the baby doesn't look the way it should. She asks Desiree how Armand feels about the child and you can tell Desiree is so happy. She tells her mother that Armand is so proud to have a little baby boy and that he is even nice to his slaves now since his child has been born. Desiree was completely in love with Armand and he had been happy since the day they got married. However after a couple of months go by, Desiree starts to get an uneasy feeling about her baby, and Armand begins to distance himself away from her. She can tell something is wrong because he starts to treat his slaves badly

Saints are always different from everyday people, thus no one understands them in their lives, only a lot of years after their death. Joan of Arc was a saint like this as well, she was too far ahead of her times and was killed by her fellow men, because they didn’t know what else to do. She was canonized in 1920, after 489 years of her death. In my opinion, she was not only a saint, but meant to be an angel and showed a good example to all of us, how to behave ourselves in the name of honour, honesty, and glory.

To begin with, Madame valmonde was the step-mother of Desiree. When she found Desiree in the gateway of valmonde she was only a child that couldn’t do much but only to cry and saying dada all the time. On top of that people around the neighborhood were curious about her origin but despite all the people opinion Madame valmonde didn’t care for any of them. Madame valmonde was happy and she believe Desiree was a gift from god because she never had the joy of having her own child until she found Desiree and she became like a real daughter for Madame