St. Edith Stein (1891-1942), also known by her religious name as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, is known for many things, such as her conversion to Catholicism from atheism after being raised in a ...

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, in her philosophical essays, showed that women are endowed with wonderful, God-given natures. L to R: Blessed Mother and Baby Jesus, St. Edith Stein/Teresa Benedicta ...

BROCKTON – Towering over East Main Street, St. Edith Stein Church serves as a reminder that sometimes miracles really happen. Founded as St. Edward’s Church in 1915, the parish celebrated its 100th ...

On this day the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a Discalced Carmelite. She and her sister, Rosa Stein, were among those sent to the gas chamber at ...

The dignity and vocation of women and men were once again the focus of the fifth annual Edith Stein Project conference at the University of Notre Dame Feb. 12-13. The student- run conference has grown ...

Toward the close of his masterpiece Being and Time (1927), the great German philosopher Martin Heidegger raised a question that would become fertile ground for science fiction. Why does time only run ...

When Edith Stein entered the order of Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1933, she assumed the name of Teresa Blessed by the Cross. What did she mean by the seeming paradox of being “blessed by the cross”?

As perverse as this may sound, we sincerely hope the idiots who desecrated the statues at St. Edith Stein, a Catholic church in Brockton, were kids incapable of knowing the pain their terrorism caused ...

BROCKTON -- Near the side entrance of St. Edith Stein Parish, a new memorial has been placed to honor the late Rev. Brian P. Smith. A polished, granite bench bears the words: “In loving memory of Fr.

When Donna Simoneaux volunteered to help sew a wall hanging for St. Edith Stein Catholic Church, she didn't suspect that the end result would be displayed at Houston's International Quilt Festival. St ...