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Therese of Lisieux OCD (French: Thérèse de Lisieux [teʁɛz də lizjø]; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely
Thérèse pronounced her final vows on September 8, 1890, on the Nativity of Mary, at the age of 17 and a half, in the hands of her prioress Mother Marie de Gonzague. She then took the name Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face. His black veil took place a few days later, on September 24.
Sep 26, 2024 · Quick Facts. Also called: St. Teresa of the Child Jesus or the Little Flower. Original name: Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin. Born: January 2, 1873, Alençon, France. Died: September 30, 1897, Lisieux (aged 24) Show More. Ask the Chatbot a Question.
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Therese was born in France in 1873, the pampered daughter of a mother who had wanted to be a saint and a father who had wanted to be monk. The two had gotten married but determined they would be celibate until a priest told them that was not how God wanted a marriage to work!
THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born at Alençon, France on 2 January 1873. Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. After the death of her mother on 28 August 1877, Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux.
May 30, 2022 · October 15: Marie, elder sister and godmother of Thérèse, enters the Carmel of Lisieux and takes the name of Sister Marie-du-Sacré-Coeur. December 25: After midnight mass, Thérèse receives the grace of her conversion.
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Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, the “Little Flower,” was born on January 2, 1873, in Alençon, France, to Zélie Guérin and Louis Martin, a jeweler and watchmaker. Her mother died from breast cancer a few months before Thérèse’s fifth birthday.
