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Mar 28, 1515
The Birth of St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa of Avila was born in Avila, Spain -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther, who was a was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk, started the Protestant Reformation. -
Jan 1, 1520
Family Life
St Teresa of Avila convinced her older brother that they should, "go off to the land of the Moors and beg them, out of love of God, to cut off our heads there." They didnt get past the city before one of their uncle's found them and brought them back. -
Jan 1, 1530
family life
St Teresa's mother died. -
Jan 1, 1530
St teresa's teenage life
As a teenager, she only thought about boys,clothes, flirting and rebelling. Due to this, St Teresa was convinced that she was a terrible sinner. -
Jan 1, 1531
Sent to the Convent
St Teresa was sent to a convent by her father because she was out of control and could not be controlled. At first she detested it. However she eventually began to enjoy life there because of her growing love for God, and because the convent was a lot less strict than her father. -
Jan 1, 1536
Choice between a religious life or marriage
When the time came for her to choose between marriage and religious life, St Teresa chose the religious life because she thought that it was the only safe place for someone who was sinner. At the age of 21, St Teresa joined the Carmelite convent permanently. -
Jan 1, 1536
Convent Life
St Teresa started to learn and practice mental prayer after she joined the convent. She "tried as hard as I could to keep Jesus Christ present within me....My imagination is so dull that I had no talent for imagining or coming up with great theological thoughts." . This was because prestige depended on money, not on piety.Everyone liked her and she was one to seek attention.Teresa becameinvolved with flattery, vanity and gossip rather than spiritual guidance and becoming closer to God. -
Nov 3, 1537
Becoming a Professor
St Teresa became an educational proffessor at the Convent of the Incarnation. -
Jan 1, 1538
Medical Problems
St Teresa fell sick with malaria. She had few seizures. Because of this, people thought she was dead. Thus she had woken up to find out that a grave had been dug out for her.Fortunately, the predicment of Teresa's death did not occur.Unfortunately, she became paralyzed for three years. -
Jan 1, 1556
spiritual advice given by a doctor
When she was 41, a priest convinced her to go back to her prayer, however she still found it difficult. she said,"I was more anxious for the hour of prayer to be over than I was to remain there. I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer." -
Mar 5, 1558
work life
she became determined to find a new convent that followed and commited tothe basics of a contemplative order: a simple life of poverty devoted to prayer. She was denounced from the pulpit and threatened with the Inquisition.St Teresa bravely set out her plans despite the threats. -
Jan 1, 1566
work life
At the age of 51, she felt that it was time to spread her reform movement. She fought many obstacles to find more convents.When voted her in as prioress by her former convent, the leader of the Carmelite order excommunicated the nuns.to avoid riot she would sneak into the town in the middle of the night. -
Oct 4, 1582
Work life/ Time before her death
she was invited to become the founder a convent by an Archbishop. However, she arrived in the middle of the rain and was ordered to leave. Although she was very ill, she was commanded to attend a noblewoman giving birth. By the time they had arrived, the baby was already born. -
Oct 4, 1582
Death of St Teresa
Three days after she arrived in Alba de Tormes, St Teresa of Avila died. her words of wisdom and love for God reminds us that people have the ability to change for the better; if they put their minds to it -
Canonisation
St Teresa was canonised in 40 years after her dead by Pope Gregory XV. -
After the End
By Pope Paul VI, St Teresa was named the first female Doctor of the Church, by Pope Paul VI.
