43 Facts About St Therese

1. St Therese stands out among the doctors of the Church.

2. St Therese took the name Sister Francoise-St Therese and was a fervent disciple of Therese's way.

3. St Therese took this role seriously, and St Therese grew especially close to her, and to Celine, the sister closest to her in age.

4. On May 13, 1883, St Therese was healed by Our Lady of the Smile.

5. St Therese joined a special group of saints on October 19, 1997.

6. St Therese took the religious name Sister St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.

7. St Therese is a relatively sleepy school, serving just over 150 students and 30 staff.

8. St Therese is not unlike a lot of other schools in the US It has a basketball team, a science lab and a dedicated time for recess.

9. St Therese is a wonderful safe community with great staff.

10. On 27 June 2010, the relics of Saint St Therese made their first visit to South Africa in conjunction with the 2010 World Cup.

11. St Therese's took the name Sister Francoise-Therese and was a fervent disciple of Therese's way.

12. St Therese's rapidly became one of the most popular saints of the twentieth century.

13. St Therese was declared a saint five years and a day after Joan of Arc.

14. St Therese's authorized Pauline to make any changes deemed necessary.

15. St Therese is best known today for her spiritual memoir, L'histoire d'une ame.

16. St Therese emphasised God's mercy in both the birth and the passion narratives in the Gospel.

17. St Therese wrote many prayers to express her devotion to the Holy Face.

18. St Therese's pinned the prayer in a small container over her heart.

19. St Therese's wanted to go to heaven by an entirely new little way.

20. St Therese was devoted to Eucharistic meditation and on 26 February 1895, shortly before she died wrote from memory and without a rough draft her poetic masterpiece "To Live by Love" which she had composed during Eucharistic meditation.

21. St Therese's is approachable, due in part to her historical proximity.

22. St Therese's never met Father Belliere but ten letters passed between them.

23. St Therese's answered "I came to save souls, and especially to pray for priests".

24. St Therese's understood then that it was on this very littleness that she must learn to ask God's help.

25. St Therese's would never be elected to any position of importance.

26. St Therese's appointed the former prioress novice mistress and made Therese her assistant.

27. St Therese's looked directly for the word of Jesus, which shed light on her prayers and on her daily life.

28. St Therese told me that my faults did not offend God.

29. St Therese's offered her last communion, 19 August 1897, for Father Loyson.

30. St Therese's would spend eight months longer than the standard year as an unprofessed novice.

31. St Therese's chose a spiritual director, a Jesuit, Father Pichon.

32. St Therese adhered strictly to the rule which forbade all superfluous talk during work.

33. St Therese's refused to leave his feet, and the Swiss Guard had to carry her out of the room.

34. St Therese was ecstatic and believed that her prayers had saved him.

35. In July and August 1887 St Therese prayed hard for the conversion of Pranzini, so his soul could be saved, yet Pranzini showed no remorse.

36. St Therese suffered from scruples, a condition experienced by other saints such as Alphonsus Liguori, a Doctor of the Church and Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits.

37. St Therese's wanted to join the Carmelites, but was told she was too young.

38. St Therese's understood that Pauline was cloistered and that she would never come back.

39. St Therese was taught at home until she was eight and a half, and then entered the school kept by the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre Dame du Pre in Lisieux.

40. St Therese's took this role seriously, and Therese grew especially close to her, and to Celine, the sister closest to her in age.

41. St Therese's rolls in the floor in despair believing all is lost.

42. St Therese's excelled in it and set up her own business on Rue Saint-Blaise at age 22.

43. St Therese is well-known throughout the world, with the Basilica of Lisieux being the second-largest place of pilgrimage in France after Lourdes.