Marie-Francoise-Therese Martin was born on January 2, 1873, and baptised two days later on January 4th. "All my life, God surrounded me with love. My first memories are imprinted with the most tender smiles and caresses...Those were the sunny years of my childhood." Thus Therese, twenty-one years later, described her home life in Alencon, France. "My happy disposition," she added with characteristic candour, "contributed to making my life pleasing." Read more
How did St. Therese become known as the "Little Flower"? Read more
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Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin were beatified on October 19, 2008. Read more
Three of the Martin girls were already in Holy Orders when Therese asked her father for permission to join her sisters Marie and Pauline at the Lisieux Convent. Read more
In October, 1881, Louis enrolled his youngest daughter (Therese) as a day boarder at Lisieux's Benedictine Abbey school of Notre-Dame du Pre. Read more
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face - Patroness of the Missions - the "Little Flower" Read more