Saint Therese of Lisieux: Top 10 Quotes [Catholic Saints] 

St Therese of Lisieux, also called St. Therese of the Child Jesus or the Little Flower, it a beloved Saint of the Catholic Church. She was born January 2, 1873, in Alençon, France and died September 30, 1897. St Therese was canonized May 17, 1925 and named named a doctor of the church by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
Catholic Saints offer specific heavenly assistance through their intercession. St. Therese is the patroness of missionaries.
The autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux is called, The Story Of a Soul.
Two and a half years before her death in 1897 at the age of 24, as St Thérèse began writing down her childhood memories at the request of her blood sisters in the Lisieux Carmel, few could have guessed the eventual outcome. Yet this "story of my soul," first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual classic, read by millions and translated into dozens of languages around the world.
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