Where was the Franciscan Order founded? St Clare founded the Poor Clares or the Order of Saint Clare when she took a vow to give up everything she had and help the less fortunate so she joined Francis in his mission. When was it founded? 1212 by Clare in Assisi. What gender can join? Females were the only ones who could join. Who founded the order and what was their life like leading up to their religious commitment? St Clare founded the Poor Clares. She had a very wealthy life as her parents were wealthy. She was brought up in a palace with her sister, St Agnes. She had a very full education or as much as women were taught in those days (learnt to write, read and needle work) but luxury did not appeal to her and she wished to devote her life to a life without what she had where God would be closer to her. Reason for creation of this order? …show more content…
Only women can join and they must give up everything and live in poverty. They aren’t known as the Poor Clares for nothing. They eat whatever is donated to them but try to avoid meat when it is not needed. Appearance-dress code? No skin showing except for hands and feet. No shoes. Simple old colours, ragged robes/ clothes. Habits (cloth head pieces that act a bit like hoods that cover everything except for the face slightly like veils as we are quite poor). Very poor and ragged looking because they had no money and no possessions except for a quarters in the manners that were donated to them. What type of personalities does this life suit? The compassionate and meaningful personalities. The generous God loving personalities and the people who are brave and willing to give up and share their lives for others. The people who aren’t afraid to give up their wealth and live differently to how they normally would. This is because it is a very big commitment to make and requires strong virtues of faith and many others. Especially joyful and happy people who are content with a simple
St Marie was born in the year 1872, in the town Nazareth,Israel.When her mother died while birthing the ninth child, her father had to move to find work She was adopted by a village family When she was 15, she had been entered into the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She had took the name Marie Amandine. She worked as a nurse in France Then she worked at a mission hospital and a orphanage Saint Marie was also known as “The Laughing Foreigner” Saint Marie was the patron saint of laughter. Her Joyfulness seemed to gain the esteem of the chinese.
From quite a young age, when many people do not know what they are doing with their lives, Mary had already decided that she wanted to be a nun and help people as much as she could, she wanted to help the poor and less fortunate than her. Mary worked with people and children and ...
Saint Patrick’s Day is a story of history versus legend, according to randomhistory.com. Saint Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland because of his service across Ireland in the fifth century (theholidayspot.com). Without Saint Patrick’s background/childhood, Saint Patrick being a good bishop, or how Saint Patrick’s Day has come to be nothing would be known about him or Saint Patrick’s Day on March seventeenth.
St. Teresa was born in Avila, Spain on March 28, 1515. She was baptized as Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada. At a young age she would often give gifts to the poor and pray. Her father and her mother were both Catholics which inspired her to do the same. Her father was a very strict man a demanded her to never lie, while her mother told her to lie and comforted her. This created a ton of turmoil in the family and made St. Teresa end up loving her mother more due to her father’s severe strictness. St. Teresa felt that everything she was doing was wrong. During her teens her mother passed away leaving her to deal with her father by herself and she was relieved of some of the pain by turning to the Virgin Mary for comfort. In her late teen years
A man’s shirt and pants are European, usually worn with a traditional vest and sandals. Traditional hats are worn as well (Falconer, Kieran, and Quek 61-62). A woman’s outfit consists of a traditional hat and sandals. Their hair is usually tied up in long, thick braids. A colorful shawl is usually worn over a skirt and short jacket (Falconer, Kieran, and Quek 63).
Clothing for both men and women initially was deerskin for shirts and skirts. The men later wore cotton or velvet shirts with no collars, breeches below the knee, and moccasins. Women gradually wore the "squaw dress", made of plain dark blankets.
The women and girls of this culture and religion will never have cut their hair, but wear it back in a bun. They wear plain fabric dresses reaching floor length, and wear a prayer in their hair indicating- white if married, black if single and no jewelry. As for the males and boys, dark colored suits, brim straw hats, long coats. They do not have mustaches and will grow beards after marriage.
Sister Agnes Walsh was a good woman. She risked her life to save a poor family. She wasn’t paid, wasn’t bribed, wasn’t forced to. She saved them out of the goodness of her heart.
Mary Stuart was born on December 8, 1542, in Lithingow Palace, Scotland. She was the daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died only six days after Mary was born, so she became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old (Haws Early Life par 1). She was crowned on the ninth of September the following year at Sterling. Mary was christened in the Parish Church of St. Michael, near the palace (“Mary, Queen of Scots” par 1). Later, when Mary turned six, she was sent to France by her French mother for her protection. While she was there, she lived as the French royal family (Haws Early Life par 1 and 2). When she set off to France, she traveled with the Children of Scotland’s Nobility, which included the Four Marys. They are the women who would stay with her throughout anything (“Mary Queen of Scots Bio” par 5). They were also educated at the French court with Mary, where she was brought up.
small and they also had to sleep two to a bed. They were educated, but
wear whatever they want unlike the handmaids who were being assigned to wear certain outfit
She would frequently visit hospitals and homes where the poor and sick inhabited. Her service quickly attracted followers who helped her pursue her mission to serve the poor and sick. Catherine was drawn further into the world as she worked and aided many people and began to travel. Catherine called for reform in the Church and asked for people to confess and love God utterly. She became invested in politics and was a key part in working to keep city-states loyal to the Pope; She also helped to start a crusade to the Holy Land.
They lived in small homes and had low-paying jobs or no jobs at all. Even though they did not live luxurious lives, the poor people found ways of having fun an living comfortably. The average American home would have a wooden stove to keep the house warm and cook their meals. To supply for their family family, the... ... middle of paper ... ...
Paper James Joyce’s “Dubliners” is a collection of short stories revolving around the themes of epiphanies and emotional paralysis afflicted upon the main characters. Four of these stories of which were “Araby,” ” The Dead,” ”Eveline” and ”Clay” and after reading them I’ve noticed that with these four in particular the epiphanies tend to focus on the characters having to question their love in regards to what the love they have (or believe they have) means to them. By the end I hope you will also see how the epiphanies presented are related to each other. Araby Araby is a story about a boy who falls in love with an older girl in his neighborhood and in an attempt to win her heart he goes to a bazaar named Araby to buy something for her as he
Everyone in the age would always wear extremely modest clothing. The common garment for a man was the robe gathered at the waist, completed by hose and soft sandals. The same was for the woman, except their dress extended to the feet. The most common materials used to make clothing were linen and woolens, though...