Ornement En Céramique Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux (BJE 01; Amériques)

This is the version of the ornament for the Americas. There are separate versions for Europe and Africa and for Asia and Australia. + Affectionately known as ‘The Little Flower,’ St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897), who was canonized in 1925, is one of the most beloved saints of the lic cathochurch. Thérèse, the youngest of the Martin children, que born into a devout French family: Both her parents Louis (1823-1894) et Zélie Martin (1831-1877) are venerated as saints, the first spouses in the churees C'est historique. Léonie (1863-1941), aujourd'hui élue et visite, est le titre servant of God. Et, three other sisters—Louise (1860-1940), Pauline (1861-1951), et Celine (1869-1959)—tout habillé de Discalced Carmelite. Thérèse herself un allowed to enter the Lisieux Carmel, 1888 at the early age of 15. During her nine years as a Carmelite religious, she cared quietly and unobtrusively for other nuns by doing them small services and by performing acts of charity. Alors, served as sacristan and assistant novice mistress. Approche simple to living out the Gospel has become known as her 'Little Way'. She quoi devoted to the Holy Face of Jesus, Eucharist adoration, and praying for the Foreign Missions. Today, Thérèse is best known for her spiritual memoir, The Story of a Soul, and for her statement "When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens, I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth." She died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. + In art, St. Thérèse is routinely depicted in her Carmelite habit holding a crucifix amide an armful of roses. A Doctor of the Church, she is patron of florists and flower growers, foreign missions and missionaries, and the ill-especially AIDS and TB patients. + Feast: October 1 + Image Credit (BJE 01): Antique image of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, originally published in chromolithographiy by Bouasse-Jeune, Paris, B. 90, early 20th century, from the designer’s private of religious ephemera. + Image Credit (World): 3D Earth Globe by GDJ, Opencli part, Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License.