7/27/2019 Whatsupic.com - Whatsupic - Antonia Brenn... http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/whatsupiccom-whatsupic-antonia-brenn 1/3 Category: News & Politics Published on Friday, 18 October 2013 16:10 Antonia Brenner, a Nun who Gave Up her Beverly Hills Life to Live in a Mexican Prison, Dies at 86 (DailyMail ) -- Mother Antonia became a nun at age 50 and called Tijuana's most notorious prison, La Mesa Penitentiary, home since 1978. Mary Brenner was married and divorced twice and had seven children before she decided to become a nun . Founded a new order called Eudist Servants of the Eleventh Hour for older women wh o want to serve the p oor. Brenner’s lived essentially in a cell, among the inmates for more than 30 years. Antonia Brenner, an American nun who was raised in Beverly Hills and abandoned a life of privilege to live in a notorious Mexican prison, has died at the age of 86. Brenner died Thursday at the Tijuana convent of Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour, which she founded, said Sister Anne Marie Maxfield. Brenner had been ill with a weak heart and myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular condition. Brenner first visited La Mesa State Penitentiary in 1965 on a trip to provide medicine and supplies to hospitals in Tijuana, just across the U.S. border from Sa n Diego. She moved into the prison 12 years later when she was 50, holding individual counseling sessions, leading pep rallies at the prison church, and doing countless small tasks for inmates over decades. Known as 'Pris on Angel,' she lived i n a cell with a view of the guard tower. Located at the end of the dark hallway, it barely had room for a cot, desk and folding chair. Subscribe Search... Hits: 14 0 Tweet 0 0 Submit Like 0 Related Items Theological Definition of “The Jews” and Ideological Implications GOP complaint: Ted Cruz is no team player Soccer: Mexico Facing White Out ‘Staged and Scripted’: Mother Agnes Finalizes Chronology of Damascus Chemical... Crashed Arctic Helicopter Found Lavrov: US Pressuring Russia into Passing UN Resolution on Syria Allowing... Canada’s Arctic Nightmare just Came True: Th e Northw est Passage is Commercial Don't Be Shocked by Pope Francis Tens of Thousands Attend Pope's Peace Vigil for Syria Alberta, Saskatchewan Side with Ottawa before Senate Court Fight Popular Special Endorsed U Report Contact Us MEXICO NEWS & POLITICS ECONOMY SCIENCE & TECH LIFE & CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS http://whatsupic.com/news-politics-mexico/3722-antonia-brenner,-a-nun-who-gave-up-her-beverly-hills-life-to-li 1/3
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