The school foundress Mother Chanthal was so much inspired and moved by the social and spiritual activities of the Spanish reformist Saint, St.Teresa of Avila and she has chosen her favorite Saint's name to address this school.
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was born in 1515 in Gotarrendura, in the province of Ávila, Spain . She was baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, (March 28, 1515 – October 4, 1582). She was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites.
In 1622, forty years after her death, she was canonized by Pope Gregory XV, and in 1970 named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. Her books, which include her autobiography, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, and her seminal work, El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are an integral part of the Spanish Renaissance literature as well as Christian mysticism and Christian meditation practices as she entails in her other important work Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection).She died in 1582.
Teresa of Ávila by François Gérard (1770−1837), a French painter ( picture above ).
STATUE OF SAINT TERESA OF AVILA at The Se' De Santa Catarina Cathedral, MADRID, SPAIN ( picture above ).
This is the one portrait ( picture above ) of Saint Teresa that is probably the most true to her appearance. It is a copy of an original painted of her in 1576 at the age of 61
"ITS LOVE ALONE THAT GIVES WORTH TO ALL THE THINGS" - SAINT TERESA"