St. Teresa De Capeda Y Ahumada

Teresa de Capeda y Ahumada, typically known as St. Teresa of Ávila, once played an important role as a Spanish nun in the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century. Teresa was born into a rough life on March 28,1515, but was able to make the best out of the worst times to succeed in her Church. She was able to create many literary works through the church and would promote her Roman Catholicism throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Without St. Teresa, less Europeans would have converted to Roman Catholicism, and not as many women to come would be able to take on such an important role in their church. St. Teresa was able to overcome the hardship in her life to inspire her success as a powerful female reformer, nun and writer.
Teresa’s life, but God also inspired her literary works. Besides working and being involved in the church her whole life, Teresa also was very passionate about reading and writing. This led to the influential productions of works like “Castillo interior/ Las moradas”, and “The Way of Perfection”. Also as a reformer Teresa came across numerous struggles to get where she was in her job. “Her heart belonged to God. Her ongoing conversion was an arduous lifelong struggle, involving ongoing purification and suffering. She was misunderstood, misjudged, and opposed in her efforts at reform,” (Miller). No matter how hard society treated her, Teresa was still able to follow her heart and what she believed in to reach her
Teresa dedicated herself to the Carmelite convent, which allowed her to interact with the citizens of Spain and all of Europe. She was known to be too charming to everyone she met and the convent was a way that people all around the world could come speak to her to seek her guidance. St. Teresa would teach what she studied about mental Prayer to the people from all over and was able to help the economy. Also helping the economy, “In 1562 she established a new monastery, named St. Joseph's (San José). Though initially the monastery was plagued by financial issues and poverty, she worked hard over the next few years to establish new houses of her order,”( St. Teresa was able to deliver a safe, religious place to anyone who wished to worship through her hard work and dedication. Her accomplishments were unimaginable, but without St. Teresa of Ávila, the economy of Spain and Europe would not have changed so