Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway

Her life, writings, spirituality, and mission

About Therese
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  •   Life
    • Overview
    • January 2, 1873 - August 28, 1877
    • Lisieux: Therese at Les Buissonnets, 1877-1886
    • The grace of Christmas 1886; the happy year 1887
    • Postulant: April 9, 1888 - January 10, 1889
    • Novice: January 10, 1889 - September 8, 1890
    • The hidden years: September 1890 to February 1893
    • Therese and Fr. Prou - Part 1 - Retreats at Carmel
    • Father Alexis Prou - Part 2 of 7
    • 1893 - July 1894
    • end of 1894: Celine enters; Therese finds her way
    • January 1895 to June 8, 1895
    • Offering of Myself to Merciful Love, June 9, 1895
    • June 1895 - March 21, 1896
    • Therese's trial against faith: Easter 1896-9/30/97
    • "L'affaire Leo Taxil" - Diana Vaughan - April 1897
    • June 1897 - writing of Manuscript C
    • Photographs of Therese with her fellow Carmelites
    • Infirmary: July 8, 1897 - September 30, 1897
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  • Fr. Conrad de Meester, OCD

    • "Therese en bonne ordre: une nouvelle edition de Histoire d'une Ame"
      A review of Fr. Conrad's new edition of "Story of a Soul"

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This authentic yet popular presentation of Therese's message is a classic; it has been translated into more than fifteen languages.  To read a short review published in "Franciscan" in 2005, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fr. Conrad de Meester wrote The Power of Confidence as a doctoral thesis in 1969.  Now that this new revised and updated edition is at last available in English, it is easy to see why the work made him famous as soon as it was pubilshed. Fr. Conrad traces the development of Therese's way with delicacy, detail, and unflinching attention to chronology.  It yields a harvest worthy of the care with which it was gathered.

To read the review of this book by Theresian scholar Rev. John Russell, O. Carm., that appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Spiritual Life, click here.

 

 

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Fr. Conrad edited this unique volume.  Richly illustrated with photos and documents of St. Therese and her milieu, it is much more than a photo album. The leading international Carmelite authorities on St. Therese collaborated on this volume to mark the centenary, in 1997, of her death. The book probes every phase of her life and the significance of her teaching. Old and new friends of Therese will treasure this tribute to the new Doctor of the Church from the members of her Order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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