In the same year she won another gold medal in a literary competition in Manila with an article about Saint Theresa.
The land on which the sanctuary was built was donated by the communities of the Recoleta Dominica church and the Saint Teresa Carmelites of Santiago.
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Her latest novels are Sister Teresa (2007), based on the life of Saint Teresa of Ávila, and Frida, (2001) based on the life of Frida Kahlo.
Her 2007 book, "Entering the Castle" draws upon the writings of Saint Teresa of Ávila, a 16th-century Carmelite nun, who wrote her most important work, The Interior Castle (1577), towards the end of her life.
The reform led by Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross restored Carmelite life with a new joy and asceticism.
St. Theresa at the Feet of Christ, interceding for the Souls in Purgatory; M. van den Enden exc.
The patron saint is Saint Teresa of Avila, christened after the province Avila in Spain and the convent motto is "Love,Truth and Service".