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

With the kind permission of the Magnificat Foundation and of the sculptor, Fleur Nabert, I have the honor of displaying the first photograph of the new reliquary containing relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux and of her parents, Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin.

  Three separate containers hold relics of Louis Martin, Saint Therese, and Zelie Martin.  Therese's relics are marked by a rose, those of her parents by lilies.  For a full explanation of the symbolism of this reliquary, please see the Web site of the sculptor, Fleur Nabert.

We are most blessed to have the reliquary housed permanently in the United States.  May its presence flood us with prayer, grace, and healing.