Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway

Her life, writings, spirituality, and mission

About Therese
  • Resources for Celebrating St. Therese's feast
  •   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
  • Writings
  • Spirituality
  • Mission
  • Films about St. Therese of Lisieux
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Introduction
  • Saint Therese Blog
Therese since 1897
  • "Storm of Glory: Therese from 1897 to 2021"
  • Doctor of the Universal Church
  • Pilgrim Saint: Relics on Tour
Saints Louis & Zelie Martin
  • "Saints Louis and Zelie Martin"
Léonie Martin
  • Léonie Martin, Disciple and Sister of St. Thérèse
Santa Teresa de Lisieux en Español
  • Santa Teresa de Lisieux en Español
More about St. Therese
  • Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and St. Therese
  • Pilgrimage to Therese's France
  • Saint Therese's secondary sources
  • Articles about St. Therese
  •   Researching Saint Therese
    • Online abstracts of articles about St. Therese
    • References to studies of St. Therese
    • Links for more research
    • Research in French
  • Scholars of St. Therese
  • Therese in the arts
  • Links
  • Alencon to Lisieux: Follow Therese in Normandy
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  • News stories about Mother Teresa's experience of darkness

    • "Mother Teresa suffered from 'God's silence,' says Pope," Reuters, September 1, 2007
    • The Light of Mother Teresa's Darkness, Part I: Father Kolodiejchuk on Unity with Jesus. Zenit.org, September 4, 2007
      The postulator for Mother Teresa's cause discusses his new book of her letters and talks about her interior life
    • "The Light of Mother Teresa's Darkness, Part II - Father Kolodiejchuk on Joy in Suffering," Zenit.org, September 7, 2007
      "If my separation from You, brings others to You and in their love and company -- you find joy and pleasure -- why Jesus, I am willing with all my heart to suffer all that I suffer -- not only now, but for all eternity, if this was possible."
    • "Mother Teresa's dark night of the soul produced luminous life," by the Rev, Patrick J. Howell for the Seattle Times, September 8, 2007
    • "New Book Reveals Mother Teresa's Struggle With Faith" - Associated Press
    • "The Dark Night of Mother Teresa," by Carol Zaleski. Copyright First Things, May 2003.
    • "A Saint's Dark Night," by James Martin, S.J., August 29, 2007, for the New York Times
    • Visit "Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Saint Therese"
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