Virgin Mary Quito

She was admitted to take communion on Christmas day, “since Catherine appeared to be an exceptional case…” Catherine’s initiation into Catholicism was a rapid process and she continued to be skilled her faith for the rest of her life. This was contrary to what the Jesuit priests had in mind for their conversion of the Mohawks. As far as they had considered, “‘savages’ and ‘saints’ belonged to different contexts.” When converting the Mohawks, the Jesuits had no intentions of possibly finding a future saint in their midst. The categories were completely separate. It was only later in Catherine’s life that the members of her community began to recognize that she “…possessed extraordinary spiritual powers and people began seeking her out.” While she was not extremely popular and died mostly in solitude, the story of her piety became known throughout the community. The Jesuits, who had believed in the separation between the Natives and true religious piety, were forced to reconsider their interpretations of Catherine’s life and her religious devotion. Eventually, this was cumulate in the writings about her life and the process of her canonization.

Perfecto Flores was a mysterious man which no one knew much about before his arrival to the town. Not even he seemed to know much about his past. In an excerpt from Helena Maria Virmontes’s novel, Under the Feet of Jesus, Perfecto helps a young girl on her quest for knowledge and developing the necessary skills. The young girl’s name was Estrella and she had much to learn. Viramontes’s use of tone smoothly expresses the realization and then transition that takes place in Estrella as she strives to learn more.

Amid the developing Atlantic World, religious upheavals occurred, particularly with Catholic dominance. Mary Tudor's rule was an exceptionally dull time for English Protestants. She was known to be a dedicated Catholic and when she went to the position of authority in 1553 Mary wanted to reestablish Catholicism in England. Several hundred English Protestants were then burned to death, even infants naturally introduced to their religion protestants. Her insidious demonstrations earned her the well and true name, Bloody Mary. However, in modern day religious freedom is more apparent and practiced (Corbett et al.

Whether it be on prayer cards or gold chains, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe has resonance with the nation of Mexico. Modern Mexican icons, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, have foundations in Post-Conquest New Spain's plight in forming an identity separate from that of Spain. In James Cordova's "Colonial Rhetorics," a chapter within The Art of Professing in Bourbon Mexico, Cordova asserts a similar notion. This chapter argues that local emblems, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe and the crowned nuns, were manipulated to articulate integral portions of New Spain's identity in the eighteenth century. This paper summarizes this chapter's three subheadings: European Images of the Americas, Local American Emblems, and New Spanish Patriotism

What is a belief? Belief is a trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something. That is what our Lady of Guadalupe is our belief, our confidence, our fight. Also our Lady of Guadalupe is a tradition because there is a lot of people that really belief on her and they celebrate her day and all that thing´s.

In this paper I will share the life of Mary Magdalene, the faithful disciple she was to Jesus all the way to the very end and how God wants us to model our lives in the same fashion.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most popular sacred icons in the hemisphere. Elizondo considers Our Lady of Guadalupe as an “American Gospel.” This reading tells about the first time Elizondo visited the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac in Mexico City, the enforcement of Spanish rule of Mexico’s Aztec Empire, and the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Juan Diego.

She died of breast cancer. She became beatified on June 13, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. She was canonized on June 22, 1930 by Pope Pius XI.

Therefore, throughout history there were queens who judging from their actions and political motives could be considered serial killers. One of them was the Queen of England and Ireland Mary I whose executions of Protestants in the 16th century led to creating a worldwide famous metaphor and modern alcohol drink – cocktail called “Bloody Mary”. Mary’s motives were completely political as it was usual for those times to rush to throne sweeping everything on their way. Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the so-called “Marian Persecutions”.

The Virgin of Guadalupe is revered in Mexican culture, transcending even religious beliefs. Pope Francis once joked, “you all know the joke of that Mexican man who would say, 'I am an atheist, but I am Guadalupan.’” (Duara). She is seen as the Patron Saint, a figure that was said to be dark skinned and speak both Nahuatl and Spanish- an identity that helped unify indigenous Mexicans with the growing Mestizo and Spanish populations. Not only viewed as a religious symbol, the Virgin of Guadalupe is also seen as a symbol of patriotism in Mexico. The identity connected to her is that of purity, something connected largely to her religious background, particularly demonstrated through her appearance as she first came to Earth, appearing almost like

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, originally Juana Ramírez de Asbaje, is a prime example of a strong woman who has faced many obstacles and has overcome skepticism. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is assumed to have been born November, 12, 1651 in Viceroyalty of New Spain which is now present day Mexico. On the other hand, there is a baptismal certificate that shows her birth could have been in 1648, either way, no scholar is quite sure when her official

For my confirmation saint project, I have picked, St. Rita of Cascia. St. Rita has a background of change as she was always been undecided on whether to believe in god or not. When it came to being religious and in her beliefs she was always turning on and of her faith. St. Rita was forced to marriage at an early age and was unhappy for 20 years after her marriage ended her two sons died. She was left alone with got and that's when her faith began to grow. St. Rita asked to enter the religious life and was denied.although after a couple times of trying she was finally accepted and she was asked to take care and plant a dead grapevine. With time as her faith grew the vine also grew. To this date her vine and grapes are still growing, people

Just as Mary was preserved from sin to be an undefiled ark to carry the Word of God, her body was preserved from the corruption of death by being assumed into heaven. Since then, she has repeatedly intervened in history with apparitions to the lowly. She appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858 to

The events of Fatima offer the world a more real understanding of Marian apparitions and its effects on the world see how it has not been one hundred years since the first apparition of Fatima. Fatima is often times not credited towards the political effect it actually had but in this paper we will look briefly at the political context and the apparition and look at how Fatima did have a true political effect on this world. All throughout Europe people were dealing with unemployment, stress, and anticlericalism. With soldiers of war coming home to Portugal of horrible war stories, the soon to be Fatima event was to be a strong symbolic threat for the groups that opposed the anticlerical authorities. War on Portugal broke out on the 9th of March

She later became the first English woman to write a book (Revelations) in English. “She is called Blessed, although she was never formally beatified,” and “venerated in both the Catholic and Anglican Communion,” as the then Pope Benedict XVI mentioned, and who said: “And it was the Lord himself, 15 years after these extraordinary events, who revealed to her the meaning of those visions.” (GENERAL AUDIENCE, Paul VI Hall, Wednesday, 1st December 2010)