Edith stein

Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)

a.k.a. St. Edith Stein

This week’s upcoming saint has two names you might have heard before: Theresa Benedicta of the Cross, or Edith Stein. Edith was born into a Jewish family, but she was agnostic and searching for something more by the time she finished her doctoral thesis at 25. She read a biography of Teresa of Ávila and, not long after, found herself a devout Catholic discerning entering Teresa’s order in 1922. A brilliant scholarly mind, Edith continued to teach until 1933, when the Nazi party began to take…

Carissimae Dei on Instagram: "09 August | St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Edith Stein was born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, to a Jewish family. As a child, she was an extraordinary student, and in 1916 she received a doctorate in philosophy and began to teach at a university. Her family was religious, but Edith had no interest in religion. Eventually she became drawn to the Catholic faith after reading the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila. In 1922, she was baptized at the…

In the Gospel according to St. Mark, Our Blessed Lord said: "Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned." And again according to St. Matthew : "Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Nowhere did he say, “except for your ethnic brothers and sisters, the Jewish people because they are all okay…