#st edith stein

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“Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes is.”

– St. Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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Saint Edith Stein

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

1891 - 1942

Feast Day: August 9

Patronage: Europeans, students, professors, philosophers, against death of parents, for conversion to the fullness of the faith, for courage in living out the faith.

Edith Stein was a German Roman Catholic philosopher and nun. Born into a devout German Jewish family, Edith Stein was baptized a Roman Catholic on January 1, 1922. In 1934 she entered the Carmelite Convent, where she took the name of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.  In 1942 she was caught by the Gestapo, arrested wearing her habit and killed within weeks in the gas chambers at Auschwitz.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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“Like the Bride of the Lamb”—Edith Stein’s Easter profession, 21 April 1935

Quote of the day, 21 April: St. Edith Stein

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Modern Saint Bracket Announcement

Instead of waiting until Sunday, the modern bracket will open immediately after the post-schism bracket is over. This is the modern bracket, which will be followed by a final four, and then there will be even MORE polls (losers' brackets, Marian apparitions, we're going all summer baby.)

Catholic Saint Tournament Modern Bracket Round 1 Pairings:

St Therese of Lisieux vs St Elizabeth Ann Seton

St Padre Pio (of Pietrelcina) vs St Charles de Foucauld

St Maximilian Kolbe vs St Benilde Romancon

St John Bosco vs St John Neumann

St Mother Teresa (of Calcutta) vs St Arnold Janssen

St Jacinta Marto vs St Edith Stein

St Maria Goretti vs St Marianne Cope

St Charles Lwanga (& co) vs St John Vianney

St Oscar Romero vs St Josemaria Escriva

St Bernadette vs St Damian of Molokai

St Faustina vs St Catherine Laboure

St Mary MacKillop vs St Katharine Drexel

St Gemma Galgani vs St Frances Xavier Cabrini

St John Henry Cardinal Newman vs Pope St John Paul II

Pope St John XXIII vs St Mark Ji Tianxiang

St Francisco Marto vs Sts Louis & Zelie Martin (package deal)

You can still submit nominations for beatified folks, propaganda for your favorite saints, or other thoughts in the ask box! Or suggestions for future polls, questions, etc.

May the best saint win!

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“The deeper one is drawn into God, the more he needs to go out of himself — out into the world, that is, to carry the divine life into it.“ ~ Edith Stein  [Saint Francis of Assisi with the Sultan of Egypt, Centro Aletti (Marko Rupnik)] 

• Edith Stein (1891–1942) was a realist phenomenologist associated with the Göttingen school and later a Christian metaphysician. She was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in 1922 and was ordained a Carmelite nun in 1933. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. More: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stein/ 

• Marko Ivan Rupnik (Salloga d'Idria, November 28, 1954) is a Slovenian artist, theologian and presbyter, belonging to the Jesuits. Together with the Spiritual Art Atelier of the Aletti Center, of which he is director, he has created famous works all over the world... More: http://www.churches-of-rome.info/ArtistBios/RUPNIK.pdf 

• For an enlightening discussion concerning the historic meeting between St. Francis and the Sultan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yvG5E4oXSI&t=2s 

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Forever obsessed with my St. Edith Stein chaplet from Lumi’s Litanies! Just look at that packaging!

I got discount codes for me and a friend, so dm me if you’re lookin for some cute prayer beads and want to share the savings!

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The love of Christ knows no limits. It never ends. It does not shrink from ugliness and filth.

St. Edith Stein