Devotional Candle - St. Edith Stein of Auschwitz by R. Lentz

From childhood Edith Stein was a brilliant scholar. She earned her doctorate at age 25, studying under Philosopher Edmund Husserl. Although an avowed atheist as a teenager, when she reached adulthood she became impressed by the inner strength of her Catholic friends and was captivated by the writings of St. Teresa of Avila. Seeking to follow St. Teresa’s example, she became a Catholic but waited 12 years to enter the convent, heeding the advice of her confessors and out of compassion for her Jewish mother. During those 12 years she taught at the Dominican school in Speyer.