"To know what you prefer,
instead of humbly saying amen
to what the world tells you
you ought to prefer,
is to keep your soul alive."
Angela would certainly say amen to these words of Robert Louis Stevenson. She had the courage to go against the expectations of her day, that a woman should be married or enter a convent, by founding "The Company of St Ursula".This provided the space where a woman, who so wished, could be consecrated for life to Christ yet remain in her secular position and employment. Angela refers to the Old Testament character Judith, as an example of the courage needed to withstand contemporary opposition to this new way of life for women.
