Teresa de los Andes

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Teresa de los Andes

Teresa of Jesus , for the sake of differentiation usually called Teresa de Los Andes , born Juana Enriqueta Josefina de los Sagrados Corazones Fernández Solar , (born July 13, 1900 in Santiago de Chile , † April 12, 1920 in Los Andes in Chile ) was a nun in the Order of the Discalced Carmelites . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . To distinguish her from Teresa of Ávila , who also had the religious name Teresa of Jesus, she is almost exclusively called Teresa de Los Andes .

Life

In 1914 Juanita read the autobiography Story of a Soul by the French Carmelite Thérèse de Lisieux . This book had a lasting impact on her already strong faith, and she realized that she wanted to serve God. On April 15, 1915, she told her younger sister, Rebecca, that she had a calling to Carmel. At the beginning of 1917 she began to read the life story (orig .: Vida ) of the founder of the order Teresa of Ávila . She was later heavily influenced by the writings of the French Carmelite Elizabeth of the Trinity .

On May 7, 1919, Juanita Fernandez Solar entered the Discalced Carmelite Sisters in Los Andes at the age of 18 and took the religious name Teresa of Jesus for clothing .

She came from the country aristocracy of Chile. Through their example and letters, many upper class young women, including their younger sister, chose the consecrated life .

The monastery offered Teresa the contemplative lifestyle she wanted and the joy of living in a community of women who had dedicated their lives exclusively to God. At the age of 19, Sr. Teresa developed typhus and died on Easter week in 1920. A few days earlier, on April 7, 1920, at half past seven in the morning, she made her solemn profession in articulo mortis ( in the face of death ). (The picture in the habit of the professed was taken by a photographer before they entered Carmel).

Pilgrimage site of Auco north of Santiago

164 letters and a diary from Teresa de Los Andes have survived. In the letters from school to the confessor , and later to the Prioress of the Carmel of Los Andes (from September 1917), her way to a contemplative life in the cloister becomes clear. As a novice , with the permission of the prioress, she continued her correspondence, mainly reporting on life in the cloister. Her mystical experiences are written down in the diary .

On April 3, 1987, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Santiago de Chile . At her canonization on March 21, 1993, Pope John Paul II called Teresa of Jesus "light of Christ for the whole Church of Chile". Her feast day is July 13th .

Around 100,000 pilgrims visit their place of pilgrimage, Auco, near the city of Los Andes every month . Teresa de Los Andes is the first Chilean woman to be canonized and is particularly popular with women and youth. She is also the first canonized Discalced Carmelite outside of Europe and the fourth Holy Carmelite named Teresa (after Teresa of Ávila, Teresa Margareta Redi and Thérèse of the Child Jesus). On October 11, 1998, Teresia Benedicta of the Cross was added as the fifth. In October 2004, an almost six-meter-high statue of the saint was placed in a niche in the Vatican, a privilege normally reserved for the founders of an order.

literature

Film adaptations

  • Five-part biographical television film: Sor Teresa de Los Andes. 1989. The actress of Saint Paulina Urrutia, became Chile's Minister of Culture in 2006.

Web links

Commons : Teresa de Los Andes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data: Teresa de Los Andes - Teresa de Chile. See literature
  2. ^ Entry on Profess in articulo mortis on medals online
  3. ↑ Santa Teresa de Los Andes: Diario y Cartas. Ediciones Carmelo Teresiano, Santiago de Chile 1995
  4. ↑ Biography in the Vatican Archives [1]
  5. ↑ Canonization of Pope John Paul II. [2]
  6. ^ Statue in the Vatican
  7. ↑ TV film: Sor Teresa de Los Andes 250 min
  8. ↑ Paulina Urrutia as Teresa de Los Andes
  9. ^ Minister of Culture Paulina Urrutia
personal data
SURNAME Teresa de los Andes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solar, Juana Enriqueta Josefina de los Sagrados Corazones Fernández Solar; Teresa of Jesus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Discalced Carmelite
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Chile
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1920
Place of death Los Andes