Saint Teresa weAvila, mukadzi wekutanga akagadzwa Chiremba weChechi
St. Theresa weAvila ndiye mukadzi wekutanga kunzi Chiremba weChechi. Akazvarwa muAvila muna 1515, Teresa aive musikana wechitendero aifarira kuverenga nyaya dzevatsvene uye airota zvekuve mufiri kutenda. Mushure mekudzoserwa kumusha nababamunini vake, avo vakanga vamuwana apo aiedza kutiza, Teresa akafunga kutevera upenyu hwevashakabvu vomurenje.
Mushure menguva mumusangano weAugustinian, Teresa akabatana ne VaKarimeri veKuberekwa muAvila. Pasinei zvapo nechishoro chababa vake, akakwanisa kupinda mumusha wamamongi ndokuzvitsaurira amene kuupenyu hworudzidziso. Pashure pokunge akunda chirwere chakamuomesa mitezo kwemakore matatu, akanaya zvachose muna 1542 uye akati kupora kwake kwakonzerwa naye. kuzvipira kuna Mutsvene Joseph.
Saint Teresa akatanga imba yemamongi yekutanga
Muna 1560, mushure mekunge ave nechiratidzo chegehena, Teresa akasarudza kuwana imba diki yemamongi maererano nemutemo wekutanga wevaKarimeri. Nerubatsiro rwevamwe vatsigiri, se Mutsvene Peter weAlcantara, akavhura imba yemamongi yeSan Giuseppe muna 1562. Teresa akazovamba mamwe mamonasteries achikumbiramabhishopi uye vanokudzwa, nokudaro kugadzira network ye gumi nesere dzimba dzemamongi.
Teresa akaedzawo reform Mutemo weKarimeri, uchishanda nawo Mutsvene Johane weMuchinjikwa. Kunyange zvazvo akasangana nematambudziko uye akatoiswa mujeri nekuda kwekukwikwidzana pakati pemapoka akasiyana-siyana eChirongwa, akakwanisa kuita basa rake rekuvandudza. Mushure mekutangazve nheyo yake inofamba, Teresa akafa muna 1582 mumusha wemamongi weAlba de Tormes.
Teresa ane mukurumbira zvakare nekuda kwezvinyorwa zvake zvakawanda, zvinosanganisira Autobiography, Iyo Path to Perfection, iyo Nheyo uye Interior castle. Magwaro aya anotsanangura zvake chiitiko chisinganzwisisike uye kupa hutungamiri hwehupenyu hwemweya. Teresa akanyorawo zvakawanda lettere, yakanangana nevanhu vakasiyana.
Paul VI akazivisa Teresa se mutsigiri wevanyori veKaturike veSpain muna 1965 uye sei Chiremba weChechi muna 1970.