Pilgrims venerating the reliquary in the Philippines in 2013. Photo courtesy of http://thereserelics.ph/
The "centenary reliquary" of St. Therese will be in the United States from October 1, 2025 through December 8, 2025. The reliquary's pilgrimage is in honor of the centenary of Therese's canonization (she was canonized on May 17, 1925) and of the Jubilee Year. The reliquary made its first visit to the United States in 1999.
The itinerary calls for the reliquary to visit:
- Royal Oak, Michigan (the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica)
- California (many sites, including Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose)
- San Antonio, Texas (the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower)
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Hubertus, Wisconsin (the National Shrine and Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians at Holy Hill)
- Washington, D.C.
- Catholic University
- the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
- Our Lady of Victory Parish
- Maryland
- the Carmelite Monastery at Port Tobacco
- the Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore
- Winchester, Virginia (Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church)
- Miami, Florida
- Church of the Little Flower, Coral Gables
- Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, Miami
- St. Augustine Church, Coral Gables
- Little Flower Church, Hollywood
I understand that the Shrine at Lisieux has permitted the reliquary to come at the request of the three provinces of Discalced Carmelite friars in the United States. For details, please visit https://stthereseusa2025.com/ Let's pray together that God will give many graces to our country and to the world through the "pilgrimage of hope" of St. Therese's relics.