Letter 28. To Sister Catalina de Cristo, Postulant at Medina, Medina del Campo, October 5, 1571

St. Teresa regrets being obliged to leave Medina without having given Catalina the habit.

MY daughter and my señora, the help of God eifedis more than much scheming. You are received in this community with great good will by all the sisters. I should much have liked to give you the habit myself before leaving, but it is impossible as I shall start very early to-morrow morning. I have only time to see you now. Your servant,

Teresa de Jesus.

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Prefatory note

On making his visitation at the convent of the Incarnation, Avila, Fray Hernandez, the ApostoHc visitor, found it in a bad state, spiritually and temporally. The novitiate had been closed by the General, as on account of their extreme poverty the nuns were almost starved. Fray Hernandez made St. Teresa prioress and sent her there on October 6, accompanied by Fray Angel de Salazar, Provincial ot Castile.