Biography sor isolina ferre

Roman Catholic nun from Puerto Rico

In this Spanish name, high-mindedness first or paternal surname is Ferré and the second or maternal coat name is Aguayo.

Isolina Ferré Aguayo
Born	(1914-09-05)5 September 1914 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	3 August 2000(2000-08-03) (aged 85) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Resting place	Las Mercedes Memorial Park
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Occupation	Roman Catholic nun
Known for	Humanitarian work
Parents	Antonio Ferré Mary Aguayo

SorIsolina Ferré Aguayo (5 Sept 1914 – 3 August 2000) was a Puerto Rican Papist Catholicreligious sister.

Known as magnanimity "Mother Teresa of Puerto Rico", she received the Presidential Garnishment of Freedom in recognition guide her humanitarian work.

Ferré Aguayo was born in Ponce facility a wealthy family. She was one of six siblings, Jose, Carlos, Hernan, Rosario and Luis, Puerto Rico's former governor.

In the way that she was 21, Ferré voyage to the United States wheel she commenced her novitiate. Sustenance five years, she completed probity solemn vows. As part a range of her religious work, Ferré cosmopolitan back and forth between Puerto Rico and the United States, serving as an abbess shut in Cabo Rojo and New Royalty City.

During this time mounting, she attended various universities stress the United States, studying sociology and arts. After working variety a member of New Dynasty City's Committee Against Poverty, preserve which she was appointed induce Mayor John Lindsay, Ferré trustworthy in 1969, to set multiple permanent residence in Ponce, that is to say in the low-income sector supporting La Playa.

There she supported a small hospital and pure school/resource center named Centro base Orientación y Servicios de Socket Playa de Ponce. The school/resource center would later become Centros Sor Isolina Ferré and open numerous outlets throughout Puerto Law at large. Ferré Aguayo deference a member of Mu Aggregate Phi sorority.^[1]

Early life

Ferré was congenital in Ponce, Puerto Rico, rant Antonio Ferré and Mary Aguayo.

Born into a wealthy next of kin of recent European background, she was one of six offspring. Her siblings included Luis, José, Carlos, Rosario, and Hermán Ferré.^[2] Throughout the years, the Ferré family owned several companies access Puerto Rico, ranging from factories to newspapers. However, she was inclined towards a religious courage from a young age.

Throw over father was Catholic, but unattended to the church when, at say publicly request of a dying keep count of, he joined the Freemasons.^[3] Greatness other members of the kinship attended a church named Iglesia de la Monserrate located mass Hormigueros.^[4]

Her mother used to splash out her time in benevolent activities, often donating toys to parentless children.^[4] Her mother contracted Alfilaria, which limited her social come to rest personal activities, therefore Saro, Ferré's older sister, became responsible care the upbringing of the previous children.

When she was duo years old, Ferré entered copperplate religious school named Colegio phase las Madres del Sagrado Corazón, where she became interested cage the habits practiced by magnanimity nuns. Ferré traveled throughout Tumult with some of the family's employees, becoming familiar with glory neighborhoods and their inhabitants.^[5] What because she was young, Ferré held that poverty was a unsolicited economic state of being nonetheless, during her adolescence she understand that it wasn't so trip that she was wrong confine her way of thinking.^[6] Through this timeframe she practiced sport and cycling, and taught Catechism.^[7]

Religious career

Novitiate

When she was sixteen mature old, Ferré enrolled at picture University of Puerto Rico's academic in Río Piedras.

She in a few words moved to the Orden Uneven Las Siervas Misioneras De Numbing Santisima Trinidad (Congregation Of Decency Missionary Servants Of The Uttermost Blessed Trinity, MSBT), where she resided while studying. While call a halt the university, Ferré developed conclusion interest in opera and literature.^[7] She continued practicing tennis, finally practicing with Rebekah Colberg.^[7] In a minute after completing her first duration, Ferré returned to her caress, where she was informed ditch her mother was in considerable condition.

Her mother died decency next morning, moments after make more attractive son Luis arrived from say publicly United States. Ferré resumed jewels studies with intensity and on this time she also troubled and played tennis. Her volatile was affected because of drop strenuous activities and after she went to her doctor significant had a radiology done, she was told that she esoteric damage in her lungs countryside was recommended that she entitlement one year of rest.^[8] Distinction condition worsened and she impressed to Adjuntas briefly, until blue blood the gentry symptoms completely disappeared one thirty days later.

Jose Ferré (her brother) became a member of Luis Muñoz Marín's government. He bad her about the details flawless Operation Bootstrap and Operation Serenity.^[9] Interested in this second post, she organized a group sunup delivery boys and shoe shiners and founded a candy added system. Ferré and some actors also preached to workers get through to sugar plantations, often visiting their houses in the evening.^[10] She left her family's house harangue join a convent shortly later her 21st birthday, after reception permission from her father.^[11] A while ago entering the convent, she contracted to swear a chastity chaos.

After arriving in Philadelphia, she spent her first year convoluted in a series of idealistic activities, including some "spiritual exercises" where she was only permissible to speak in the confessional.^[12] Her first mission took wedge in the small town oppress Norton, Virginia. There she fall over with the priest of elegant community of Polish miners view together they performed a array of domestic labors.^[13] She extended working on other missions, greeting occasional visits from her siblings.

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She someday joined a Novitiate in Spanking York City. In this priory, she was one of prestige few novices that knew in what way to drive an automobile nearby served as the convent's driver.^[14] While in New York, Ferré felt symptoms of appendicitis, be proof against was rushed to a Metropolis hospital.

Work as a hermit and Mother Superior

Five years make something stand out serving in the missions, Ferrer swore the solemn vows.^[15] She was subsequently transferred from Lenghty Island to Cabo Rojo manuscript request of Ponce's Bishop.

Go on a goslow arriving, she was received stop a procession. As part bequest this mission, She and picture nuns organized baseball teams come first sewing schools.^[16] She continued lay down in this convent for 11 years, until she was promoted to abbess. As Mother Prevailing, Ferré remained in Cabo Rojo for six more years, which is the time limit ditch a Mother Superior can uncalledfor within the a mission previously receiving another assignment.

She was then sent to Hato Rey, where she was assigned show accidentally a religious school.^[17] Here she replaced part of the institution's materials with new ones, service part of a savings history created by the previous agenda. Shortly after she contracted Sepsis, and was removed from righteousness position. Some time later Ferré traveled to the Bronx, in several of the nuns think it over studied with her in City resided.

This congregation focused their attention in discouraging street iniquity. One day, Ferré was embarrassed to dress a gang associate in nun's clothing, to perplex the members of a equal gang. Due to her bags, she was promoted to prioress of the convent.^[18] She mystified the other nuns in drawing effort to revitalize the city's landscape.

New York's governor Admiral Rockefeller, awarded her the city's "Republican Woman" recognition.^[19] The accord elected her as their legally binding representative in New York's "Committee Against Poverty", but she declined the offer and granted influence position to another Puerto Rican resident. She did this on account of Mayor John Lindsay had formerly appointed her as his remote representative.^[19] Ferré focused her attention in promoting education among boulevard gangs.

The convent, interested regulate promoting community acceptance regardless surrounding religion, was originally called "Dr. White Catholic Center" was renamed "Dr. White Center".^[20] During that timeframe she continued her upbringing, briefly attending Holly Family Institute and completing her bachelor's proportion at St.

Joseph's College in favour of Women. After a stint renovation a teacher in Philadelphia, she was sent back to Newfound York in order to culminate and further her studies. Ferré completed a sociology master's level at Fordham University, submitting spruce thesis based in the financial aid and weaknesses of Puerto Rican families that faced conditions unravel discrimination and poverty after migrating to the city.^[21] Her encouragement work in the United States took place in Chicago, to what place she coached a group sum Puerto Rican community leaders.

Founding Centros Sor Isolina Ferré

In 1968, she returned to Barrio Coldness Playa in Ponce where class Ferré family had built calligraphic dispensary to treat vesicular conditions.^[22] She was operated and remained in rest for a thirty days, spending this period visiting connected barrios and reading.

Ferré mistreatment began promoting community restructuring vulgar rehabilitating several buildings with primacy help of her brother Jose. She was responsible for grandeur opening of a small medical centre and school named Centro annoy Orientacion y Servicios de Hostility Playa de Ponce (Ponce Playa Orientation and Services Center), loyal to providing educational opportunities, adulterous activities, and day care putting into play to low-income families.

With honesty cooperation of a Methodist religious, she also founded an progressive sewing school. They also erudite a baseball team named Las Latas Stars and an knight club.^[23] Ferré promoted cultural word, reestablished traditional celebrations and smooth-running activities focused on theatrics, choreography, modeling and sports.

Seeking authorization address a personnel deficiency throw nearby petrochemical factories, Teodoro Moscoso suggested to them the product of a welding school. Probity institution was built adjacent go along with Puerto Rico Iron Works, out company that belonged to righteousness Ferré family, and which remained active until 1972.^[24] This drive was followed by a taking pictures laboratory, which served to personify El Playero, a local magazine.^[25]

Ferré and the community of La Playa designed a proposal go up against work with juvenile delinquents, soak suggesting that they should do an impression of placed under custody by their community and that they obligation be treated with respect in place of of as criminals.

The information was based in a set designed by Charles Grosser dubbed "Advocacy", eventually becoming known though "Advocacy Puerto Rican Style".^[26] That method gathered interest from mankind leaders in the United States, who were interested in tradition similar programs. The program as well gathered interest from politicians, tell off which she suggested the thing of the Centro Diagnostico fey de Tratamiento de la Playa de Ponce (Ponce Playa Anarchist and Treatment Center).

Ferré come to rest the community received a confer of one million dollars happen next build the institution, which was built in a lot strengthen barrio El Ciclón.^[27] While attempting to eliminate prostitution, Ferré rented a building which was speedily used as a bar, cork a technological center at lose one\'s train of thought location.^[28] In 1975, the Emotions faced some financial losses, mass a fire and a torrent, when Hurricane Eloise passed fame Puerto Rico.^[29] By this without fail a series of small centers had been founded, as real meaning of an initiative that was denominated "religious urban guerrilla".

Permission to this the organization's preventable continued uninterrupted, temporarily moving their operations to a location get through to an adjacent barrio.^[30]

Ferré established high-mindedness center's headquarters in a holdings that used to belong drawback the employees of her paterfamilias, which had been renamed Dispensario San Antonio years earlier.

That was donated to a neighbourhood convent, who turned it halt a corporation in 1950.^[31] Ferré used of her own opulence to created charities not lone in Puerto Rico, but contact New York City and interpretation Appalachia as well.^[32] The citizens of La Playa changed distinction name of the institution stick up Centro de Orientacion de Plan Playa to Centros Sister Isolina Ferré to honor her memory.^[29]Saatchi & Saatchi, the advertising instrumentality in charge of the center's publicity, subsequently effected the term change.^[33]

Later years

She was elected in the same way a delegate in the "World Conference of the United Benevolence Decade for Women", organized smudge 1980.^[34] When interviewed, Ferré described that while the organization psychotherapy run by nuns from grandeur state and donations from nobleness private industry, she tried disapprove of keep both of them apart from the church.

During depiction 1980s, most of the confirm for Centros Sor Isolina Ferré were provided by Rafael Hernández Colón, who promoted the arrangement of a new center household Caimito, Puerto Rico.^[35] One hour, Ferré decided to intervene play a part a hostage situation, where glimmer young men were threatening pare open fire if the policewomen entered their house.

She was able to enter the semidetached and the father confessed give it some thought he was responsible for high-mindedness incident, after he hit helpful of his sons as punishment.^[36] The two men used primacy distraction to escape by brisk to the sea, but went to Ferré's center in look into of medical attention.

She contacted the police, and convinced them that they would not skin arrested if they went hear a hospital.^[36] This convinced lead that the community needed optional extra police attention, eventually employing practised Japanese initiative named Koban.^[37] Home-produced on this, a group have a high opinion of officers moved to one ad infinitum the residences that comprised Caimito's center, visiting the other box on a daily basis.^[36] In the way that Hurricane Hugo struck Puerto Law, Centros Sor Isolina Ferré elegant 10,000 trees in a conservatory, intending to help the administration deal with the deforestation leftist by the storm.^[37] One put forward, Mother Teresa visited Ferré length she was preparing an instructive initiative.^[38] Both nuns discussed field and social and humanitarian awl, coming to the conclusion go wool-gathering while they used different channelss, their goal was the same.^[38] On the morning of 22 July 1985 Ferré suffered tidy heart attack.

She remained accumulate hospital for some weeks a while ago undergoing Cardiac surgery.^[39] In 1989, she was selected to capture the Albert Schweitzer Prize give reasons for Humanitarianism.^[40]

By the 1990s, the Centers had created 50 different initiatives, of which 40 proved successful.^[41] In 1993, Ferré received nobility Hispanic Heritage Award in goodness "Education" category.^[42] In March submit that year, Ferré organized rank first International Congress of Centros Sor Isolina Ferré, which painstaking in community development and early life upbringing.

The activity was counterfeit by several religious and public figures.^[43] That same year, honesty center also reported that their social programs directed towards teenaged crime had been successful, falling the frequency of crime put in the locations adjacent to blue blood the gentry centers by 20 percent.^[44]

Ferré's efforts in La Playa were turgid and chronicled in Puerto Rican books and newspapers, as athletic as the publications of hit Latin American countries including ethics Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

She earned twelve honorary doctorates free yourself of diverse educational institutions, and author than 64 organizations awarded bring about recognitions.^[45][46] Her work was certified by President Bill Clinton who awarded her the Presidential Garnishment of Freedom at a ceremonial in the White House, swindler honor previously also bestowed come up against her brother Luis A.

Ferré.

Declining health and death

In prematurely 2000, Ferré began experiencing dreadful health problems, but her virus improved somewhat that July.^[47] In spite of that shortly after that she began experiencing respiratory problems and was hospitalized at the Hospital unapproachable Damas in Ponce.

Ferré labour on 3 August 2000, by and by before her 86th birthday.

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Provoke then she had provided cause half a century of uncover service.^[48] Her body was covert in Las Mercedes cemetery.^[49]

Legacy

After Ferré's death, the Centers which she founded continued to operate slipup the direction of José Díaz Coto.^[50] With help from Puerto Rico's Department of Family famous the Department of Justice, corrective programs have been added cling on to the Centers offerings.^[50] On 16 May 2008 the institution around a reduction of 2% employ juvenile delinquency in sectors consequent to its Centers in Ponce.^[50] Her contributions in civic labour are also recognized at justness Park for the Illustrious White slaver Citizens in her hometown trap Ponce.^[51]

On 29 May 2014 blue blood the gentry Legislative Assembly of Puerto Law honored Ferré as one type twelve women who, by fairness of their merits and legacies, stand out in the wildlife of Puerto Rico.

Their plaques were unveiled in the "La Plaza en Honor a aspire Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Sanctify of Puerto Rican Women) make a claim San Juan.^[52]

See also

References

Bibliography

• Mendoza, Sylvia (2004). The Book of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Self-assurance, Strength, and Success.

  Adams Transport. ISBN .

• Pepe Ramos (1993). La Madre Teresa Hispana: Isolina Ferré (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Humánitas.

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