living conditions of the poor
along with her naturally wry sense of humor helped form the basis for the sardonic and surreal nature of the characters who populated her mature writing
Chesterton was born in the Kensington section of London and
At the request of her spiritual advisor
rooted in her Catholic faith and the Gospel of Christ (she was greatly influenced by her brother who was a Canadian priest) and later adopted by Gandhi
Sr. Dorothy Stang Chicago Heroes living conditions of the poorSr. Dorothy Stang, SNDdN 1931 2005 Dorothy Stang was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1931. While still a teen, she entered the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, an order of religious founded by Saint Julie Billiart to minister exclusively to the poor girls of peasant and farmer families. After professing final vows in 1956, Dorothy was assigned as a teacher for fifteen years in the Chicago area, first at St. Victor in Calumet City, an area