Early Life
Henriette DeLille was born in 1813 in this city.
What is New Orleans?
Henriette believed serving the poor and elderly meant serving this religious figure.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Henriette founded a home to care for this group of people.
What is the elderly poor?
Henriette Delille is on the path to becoming a ______ in the Catholic Church.
What is a saint?
Henriette DeLille was a part of this faith/tradition growing up.
What is the Catholic tradition?
Henriette's commitment to educating and helping the enslaved reflects her belief that faith and ___ ____ go hand-in-hand.
She worked to teach people who were denied this basic, yet immensely powerful skill.
What is reading?
Henriette was given this title in 2010.
What is Venerable?
Henriette was primed to enter this system of common-law marriage, that her own parents were also a part of.
What is plaçage?
Henriette most closely viewed Jesus in this form.
What is Jesus as the liberator?
The religious order Henriette founded is called the ____ of the ___ ______.
What is "The Sisters of the Holy Family"?
The religious order Henriette founded has continued for this many years. (you can give an exact number or a range)
What is 180+ yrs (188 yrs)?
What is 14?
This Christian virtue—central to Henriette's spirituality—means loving others through service. (also one of the foundational teaching of the school she went to)
What is charity?
She founded her own order because the Church did not allow women of her race to take these.
What are religious vows?
By founding her own order when others excluded her, Henriette showed that change in the Church often starts with this.
What is initiative?
2 ways Henriette DeLille's upbringing conflicted with her religious beliefs.
- The placage system vs sanctity of marriage in the Christian tradition
- Wealth and status vs simplicity and service
- Conforming to social customs vs vocation
Faith centered around action
The strong connect between faith and social justice
Holiness comes from anyone
Service as a form of worship
2 social issues today Henriette Delille might feel called to fight for or teach about if she were alive now
Racism
Education
Gender Equality
Violence
Trafficking
Breaking the cycle of oppressive relationships and systems (plaçage )
Service in the face of discrimination
Using the values of faith to serve
It is important to act on your faith
Expanded who is venerated in the Christian tradition
She fought against systemic and institutionalized oppression
Faith goes beyond flawed institutions