More than 1 million people flocked to venerate or honor these relics when they first visited the U.S. in 1999 and 2000.

First of two parts The specific contribution that St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus offers as a saint and a Doctor of the Church “is not analytical and scholarly.” It is more synthetic, “for her genius ...

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, or Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was born January 2 ... leaving her father and elder sisters to raise her. On Christmas Day 1886 she had a profound experience ...

Canonised by Pope Pius XI in 1925, then declared a doctor of the Church by St John Paul II in 1997, St Therese of Lisieux is one of the most beloved spiritual figures in modern Catholicism. Her ...

"I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth." [St. Therese of Lisieux, The Final Conversations, tr. John Clarke (Washington: ICS, 1977), 102.]" 2683. "The witnesses who have preceded us into ...

This year, the Catholic Church marks a joyful milestone, the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, known to the world as “The Little Flower.” Canonized on May 17 ...

Thérèse of Lisieux, the French Carmelite nun who lived from 1873-1897 and is known affectionately in English as the “Little Flower”, was “a revolutionary” who possessed an ...

Alençon's attachment to the little saint of Lisieux ... Therese of the Child Jesus. The radiant witness of these new saints inspires us to persevere in joyful service to our brothers and sisters ...

The 91st Shower of Roses was held Sunday at the Diocesan Shrine of St. Therese of Lisieux, the former Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the New Columbus section of Nesquehoning. “We know that a big ...

“We are looking forward to all the many graces and blessings that will descend upon the 11-12 sisters here, and hopefully spark ... The writing case, pen and inkwell used by St. Therese of Lisieux are ...

THIS SHORT BIOGRAPHY of Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the creepiest books I have read in ... yet the mass piety of the era reeked of sublimated sexuality and violence. The spirituality of St Thérèse ...