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St. Teresa of Ávila
Sick most of her life and with no schooling, she founded seventeen convents against furious opposition, started the Discalced friars with John of the Cross, and wrote the books that taught the Church to pray.
Feast October 15 · Ávila and Alba de Tormes, Spain
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
She taught the novices in her care the little way she had found, carried two missionary priests in prayer as her assigned brothers, and left the manuscripts the Church later declared doctrine.
Feast October 1 · Alençon and Lisieux, France