St Catherine of Siena

1. The motives and actions of the person during the time and why they were such an important person to the church

1.1. While still a small girl, about 7, Catherine was touched by the extraordinary movement of the Holy Spirit in her community and saw a vision of Jesus with Peter, Paul, and John the evangelist.

1.2. Catherine was not satisfied living a contemplative life; she wanted to help the poor and sick.

1.3. She did not want to be an ordinary nun. Catherine began an active ministry to the poor, the sick, and the imprisoned of Siena.

1.4. Saint Catherine of Siena, was a tertiary of the Dominican Order and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian who had a great influence on the Catholic Church, and is declared a saint and a doctor of the Church.

1.5. Her major treatise is The Dialogue of Divine Providence. This was probably begun in October 1377, and was certainly finished by November 1378.

1.6. This was taken from a divine vision of Catherine of Siena "[You are] not to love Me for your own sake, or your neighbor for your own sake, but to love Me for Myself, yourself for Myself, your neighbor for Myself."

1.7. She remains a greatly respected figure for her spiritual writings, and political boldness to "speak truth to power"- it being exceptional for a woman, in her time period, to have had such influence in politics and on world history.

2. Impact of their writings and key messages of the Church

2.1. Saint Catherine of Siena achieved one major article and this is The Dialogue of Divine Providence. This was most likely started in October of 1377, and would have definitely completed by November of 1378. It is a dialogue between a soul who "rises up" to God and God himself.

2.2. This was most likely started in October of 1377, and would have definitely completed by November of 1378. It is a dialogue between a soul who "rises up" to God and God himself.

2.3. When Saint Catherine of Siena's holiness began to spread, she became the renowned hero of an powerful activity of spiritual guidance for people from every walks of life: nobles and politicians, artists and ordinary people, holy men and women and religions.

2.4. Her teaching is in fact, endowed with such excellence that in 1970 Paul VI declared her a Doctor of the Church, she was also proclaimed one of the two patron saints of Italy, alongside St. Francis of Assis.

2.5. St Catherine ranks high among the mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. She remains a greatly respected figure for her spiritual writings, and political boldness to "speak truth to power" with it being exceptional for a woman, in her time period, to have had such influence in politics and on world history.

3. Brief biographical Information about the person

3.1. Something changed her when she was 21. She described an experience she referred to as her "mystical marriage to Christ."

3.2. Saint Catherine was born in Siena on March 25th of 1347.

3.3. She was the 25th child although half of her siblings past throughout early childhood.

3.4. Catherine was a twin when born but her sister did not survive much of her childhood.

3.5. Her mother was 40 when she gave birth to her and her father dyed cloths as a living.

3.6. St. Catherine developed a habit of giving things away and she continually gave away her family's food and clothing to people in need. She never asked permission to give these things away, and she quietly put up with their criticisms.

3.7. She never asked permission to give these things away, and she quietly put up with their criticisms.

3.8. Saint Catherine of Siena TOSD was a tertiary of the Dominican Order and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian.

3.9. She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from its displacement in France and to establish peace among the Italian city-states.

3.10. She died at the age of 33 in the year 1380.