Important Dates in the Life of St. Therese IMPORTANT DATES Birthday Baptism Death of her Mother, Zelie Guerin Pauline, her sister, enters Carmel Our Lady's Smile; Therese Healing First Communion Confirmation Christmas Conversion Audience with Pope Leo XIII Entry into Carmel Therese takes the habit Profession of Vows Death of her Father, Louis Martin Therese enters the infirmary Her Death, Entry into Heaven Her autobiography "Story of a Soul" is published Cause of Beatification Introduced at Rome Beatification Canonization Declared Doctor of the Church January 2, 1873 January 4, 1873 August 28, 1877 October 2, 1882 May 13, 1883 May 8, 1884 June 14, 1884 December 25, 1886 November 20, 1887 April 9, 1888 January 10, 1889 September 8, 1890 July 29, 1894 July 8, 1897 September 30, 1897 September 30, 1898 June 10, 1914 April 29, 1923 May 17, 1925 October 19, 1997