Counter-ReformationCatholic Reformers

Ashley Chamberlainand

Dayoung Park

Charles Borromeo

• Archbishop of Milan from 1560-1584• Decisive steps to implement reforms that were ordered

by the council-Built a new school for education of Priests

Francis of Sales

• French Roman Catholic leader and preacher• Worked to win back the district of Savoy in France from

Calvinism-as a result, most people returned to the Catholic Church• Founded a religious teaching order for women

Women and the Church

• Women began to take on more active roles in the Church• Before the renaissance-lived in private convents• By middle ages- nuns could help the poor, the orphaned

and the sick• Mary Ward of England began a network of schools for

girls throughout Europe-Missionary influence was later formally recognized by the Church

Teresa of Avila

• Considered the most famous female spiritual leader• Born in Spain in 1515• Became a nun at age 20• Father opposed to this idea but she ran away to a convent

around 1536• Thought that current church practices were too lax so she

followed her own new strict rules for fasting, praying and sleep• Had deep spirituality, deep visions of Christ and fervor for the

Catholic Church-inspired many would-be protestants to remain in the Church

Credits

• http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2006/11/4-november-mass-of-saint-charl/• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milan_Cathedral_from_Piaz

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sto_December_2008-8.jpg• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Teresa_of_Av

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