Catholic Spiritual Formation

Saint: St. Edith Stein

 

 

Saint Edith Stein

Feast Day: August 9

 

 

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Edith Stein was born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland to a Jewish family. As a child, she was an extraordinary and brilliant student. Eventually, she became interested in the Catholic faith. In 1922, she was baptized at the Cathedral Church in Cologne, Germany. Eleven years later, she entered the Cologne Carmel, or convent and became a religious sister. Edith Stein took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She dedicated her life to prayer and fasting.

During World War II, Edith was sent from Germany to the Carmel in Echt, Holland. However, the Nazis conquered Holland and Edith was arrested along with her sister Rose. They were sent to Auschwitz and put to death in 1942. Edith Stein was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 11, 1998 in the Cologne Cathedral.

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