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In the Very Center of the Soul
20.10.2025
We invite you on a journey through the Interior Castle inspired by St. Teresa of Ávila in the church of the Infant Jesus. Until the end of November you have the opportunity to walk through the seven chambers and let yourself be inspired by a painting by Martina Špinková.
A small activity is also available for children.
Many souls live in the courtyard of the building where the sentinels stand, neither caring to enter farther, nor to know who dwells in that most delightful place, what is in it and what rooms it contains. (1M 1,7) (1H 1,5)
The Spanish mystic and Discalced Carmelite Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) wrote her masterpiece, The Interior Castle, at the age of sixty-two, during an extraordinarily dramatic period of her life and in the remarkably short span of about two months.
Yet it remains an exceptional and coherent description of the spiritual journey, one that deeply reflects her own lived experience.
The soul, portrayed as a crystal-clear castle with seven mansions and God present at its deepest center, reveals not only the beauty of the human person but also an essential truth: that through the human being one can glimpse God, who abides within.
The image of the castle also suggests that the inner world of a person is something alluringly mysterious — an invitation to be explored. This month, the church’s interior invites you to begin this exploration…
Here you can read the texts.