The story of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross begins with her life as Edith Stein, a noted philosopher raised in the Jewish faith. Her studies led Edith to the Catholic Church and to becoming a Carmelite nun. She died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942.
Image: Portrait of Edith Stein in the student chapel of the Hochschulgemeinde Wien im Edith-Stein-Haus | photo by Braveheart
Saint of the Day for August 9
(October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942)
Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/
