St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) was born in 1891 in Poland to a Jewish family. She stopped believing in God at the age of 14 until she read the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila. She was so captivated by the Saint’s life that she got baptized in 1922 and later became … Continue reading St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross – Feast Day Aug 9