Abbess, the female superior in spirituals and temporals of a community of twelve or more nuns. With a few necessary exceptions, the position of an Abbess in he...
Third Orders.— I. GENERAL. —Third Orders signify in general lay members of religious orders, i.e. men and women who do not necessarily live in community and y...
Santa Clara has an undergraduate enrollment of 5,520 students. Other notable achievements include a 95 percent retention rate of returning first-year students and a ranking as the fifth-best Catholic university in the United States.
and after graduating, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Los Gatos on August 14, 1941. Training took him to Gonzaga University for a philosophy degree, to the University of San Francisco for an MA in history, to Santa Clara University
Carmelite Order, THE, one of the mendicant orders.— A. Origin —The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion f...
To this period, also, belong the poets Orentius and Dracontius, the chroniclers Idacius and John of Biclara, and the historian Paulus Orosius. E. Arab Spain (1) The Moslem Domination —While the Gothic kingdom was decaying through effeminacy and the discord produced by the elective system...
Known not only for its natural beauty, Rio de Janeiro has historic neighborhoods such as Lapa and Santa Teresa, recognized as strongholds for a very diverse artistic community. In the religious realm, the city presents a “cosmopolitan” profile. Only 50% of its inhabitants declare Catholicism ...