St Teresa - a Missionary

Authors

  • Iain Matthew Pontifical Faculty of Theology "Teresianum" in Rome; Pontifical Institut of Spirituality in Rom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/IS.2016.003

Keywords

St Teresa, mission, apostolic intention, prayer, contemplativ lifestyle

Abstract

St Teresa of Avila’s project, founding contemplative communities of women in Castile and Andalusia, was unequivocally apostolic in its intention. The structure of her Way of Perfection, and the starting point of the Foundations prove this. The article argues that st Teresa deliberately chose the contemplative lifestyle, as the way to reach deeper into humanity’s wounds and achieve a more radical healing.

Author Biography

Iain Matthew, Pontifical Faculty of Theology "Teresianum" in Rome; Pontifical Institut of Spirituality in Rom

Discalced Carmelite; Graduate of the Ushaw Collage and University of Durham (England), PhD of the University of Oxford (1991). His doctoral Dissertation sets the doctrin of St John of the Cross with current questions of Christology; author of many books concerning christian spirituality, e.g. Pochwycony przez Boga. Aktualność przesłania św. Jana od Krzyża, Kraków 2013; lecturer on the Pontifical Faculty of Spirituality "Teresianum” in Rome.
Itinera Spiritualia. Commentarii Periodici Instituti Carmelitani Spiritualitatis Cracoviae

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Published

2016-11-02

How to Cite

1.
MATTHEW, Iain. St Teresa - a Missionary. Itinera Spiritualia. Commentarii Periodici Instituti Carmelitani Spiritualitatis Cracoviae. Online. 2 November 2016. Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 51-60. [Accessed 4 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/IS.2016.003.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016)

Section

articles

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