St. Therese of Lisieux

Amazing female saints! Here are their life stories: 1. Therese of Lisieux: Lived in France in the 1800s. Her mom died when she was young and she suffered from scrupulosity and ocd. She became a nun when she was young along with her sisters. She died at 24 from a painful tuberculosis. Her autobiography is called Story of a Soul. 2. Katherine Drexel is an American saint from Philadelphia, living from 1858-1955. She inherited millions of dollars from her family and chose to give it all away to buil

Let us imitate the ‘Little Way’ of St. Therese, by doing even the littlest of things, like the Lord did, with great love. With this sentiment, Pope Francis described St. Therese of Lisieux, patroness of the missions, at his weekly General Audience on Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, as he continued his catechesis series on saints who personified apostolic zeal. Recalling the beloved saint was born 150 years ago, on 2 January 1873, the Pope expressed his plan to dedicate an Apostolic Letter to he

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