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Mosaic Theatre
Presents
Women of Faith
Women from the Old and New Testaments
St Hilda of Whitby (Abbess and founder of Whitby Abbey)
Julian of Norwich (Benedictine Nun and Mystic)
Hildegard of Bingen (Abbess, Writer, Composer and Mystic)
Susanna Wesley (Mother of Charles and John)
Frances Alexander (Hymn Writer)
Jane Austen (Author)
Elizabeth Fry (Reformer of the British prison system)
Josephine Butler (Reformer who fought for the care and protection of women)
Catherine Booth ('Mother' of the Salvation Army and wife of William Booth)
Florence Nightingale (Founder of modern nursing)
Jenny Lind (Opera Singer)
Gladys Aylward (Chinese Missionary)
Lilian Baylis (Founder of the National Theatre, Ballet and Opera companies)
Dorothy L Sayers (Author, Playwright and Translator)
Dame Cecily Saunders (Founder of the modern hospice movement)
Jackie Pullinger (Missionary)
Sheila Cassidy (Missionary, Physician and Author)
Mary Whitehouse (Founder of the National Viewers and Listeners Association)
Joni (Writer, Speaker, Singer and Artist)
Marilyn Baker (Singer and Evangelist)
Mother Teresa (Missionary and champion of the poor)
Meet a Few of the Women...
- Joni
- Writer, composer, artist and speaker, says of the accident that confined her to a wheelchair for life as a quadriplegic:
"As I look back, I am convinced that the whole ordeal of my paralysis was inspired by God's love. I wasn't the brunt of some cruel divine joke. God has reasons behind my suffering and learning some of them has made all the difference in the world."
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- Dame Cecily Saunders
- is the founder of the modern hospice movement. Her compassion, patience and skill have been directed towards the dying, particularly those frightened of the process of dying. She proclaims:
"You matter because you are you, and we will enable you, not only to die with dignity, but to live until you die."
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- Mother Teresa
- The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 to the small Albanian nun focused the eyes of the world upon her mission and work and brought universal acclaim. The Times wrote "she is among the last great missionary superstars." She claimed she was "a little pencil in God's hand." On accepting the Nobel Peace Prize she said:
"I accept the prize in the name of the poor. The prize is the recognition of the poor world. We can do no great things - only small things with great love. This prize is the recognition of the poor world. Jesus said "I am hungry, I am naked, I am homeless." By serving the poor I serve Him."
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- Sheila Cassidy
- is an English physician, and religious author who is particularly involved in palliative care as Medical Director of St Luke's Hospice in Plymouth since 1982. Her harrowing experience of her own torture in Chile re-awakened her Christian faith and is recorded in her autobiography 'Audacity to Believe'. Her books on prayer, suffering and bereavement encompass her vision and compassion for those she movingly calls "Good Friday People".
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- Mary Whitehouse
- Founder of the Festival of Light and formidable moral campaigner over the last 30 years. She has been called 'one of the the most remarkable women of her generation' - 'a woman who gives us hope' and also 'a most dangerous woman'. Through the years she displayed her deeply caring nature, her wonderful sense of humour and exceptional courage. Though ridiculed at the beginning, today she is seen as a woman who was right to warn us of the future. She has been proved right.
Whilst on a visit to the Pope in Rome, the Birmingham Post carried a big cartoon showing her outside St Peter's with its nude statues on top of the pillars. The caption underneath read "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"
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