Catherine McAuley was unlike any other rich person of her time. Where others sought greed, McAuley dreamt about ways to better society while holding true to her Catholic religion, which is very shocking to me. McAuley came from a rich Catholic family, but that didn’t stop her from doing what she felt was right and believed in. It is amazing knowing that even at a very young age McAuley was changing lives, teaching other young children in the streets to sow. McAuley believed that the children would learn independence and be able to earn a living by acquiring the craft of sewing. Later in McAuley’s life, it was surprising to learn that at as a young teenager, she was able to use her family 's wealth and manufacture a safe boarding house that