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Venerini's school faced public scrutiny because she was a woman and because her educational methods were unconventional, and at first, faced resistance from the clergy, who considered the teaching of the catechism their purview. As Butler states, "In these tasks she was undeterred by opposition, which sometimes resulted in arson and physical attacks on the teachers". Eventually, the clergy recognized that Venerini's school had a positive impact on the community and her fame spread outside of Viterbo. According to the
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and silent prayer. She left a few months later because she had to return home to care for her mother after her father's death. Her brother
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pretense and well before its time in history, offered to the Church the model of the
Apostolic Religious Community". The document also quotes Venerini: "I feel so nailed to the Will of God that nothing else matters, neither death nor life. I want what He wants; I want to serve Him as much as pleases Him and no more".
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At the age of 7, Venerini made a vow to consecrate her life to God. At the age of 20, in the fall of 1676, on the advice of her father and after the death of her fiancé, she entered the
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put it, Venerini "chose to be a teacher in the world rather than a contemplative in a convent". The objective of her school was "to give poor girls a complete
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