Important dates for St. Therese in the 20th century

• The first exhumation of Sister Therese's body in 1910
  An account of the first exhumation, at which the Bishop of Bayeux presided in 1910
• Pope Pius X signed the decree for the introduction of St. Therese's cause
  June 10, 1914
• "The Foundation of the Carmel of Lisieux and its Foundress, Reverend Mother Genevieve of St. Teresa" - a book online
  translated from the French by a Religious of the Holy Child Jesus. Published by the Carmel of Lisieux, Calvados, France. English translation published 1913 by the Carmelite Monastery of Philadelphia and by St. Anselm's Society, London.
• Life of Mother Isabelle of the Sacred Heart, Carmelite of Lisieux from 1904 to 1914
  An English translation online of the obituary circular of a young nun who was drawn to Lisieux Carmel by reading "Story of a Soul" in 1901
• The second exhumation of Therese's body, August 9-10, 1917
  An account of the two-day ceremony, August 9-10, 1917, in which Therese's remains were exhumed and "recognized" according to canon law. Her sister Celine assisted at the ceremony.
• Pope Benedict XV decreed Therese practiced heroic virtue and named her "Venerable."
  Read Part 1 of an account of the day's events in Rome, including a contemporary newspaper story.
• Read Part II of a newspaper account of the day's events in Rome, with my commentary.
• Read the powerful speech Pope Benedict delivered on that occasion about Therese's "way of spiritual childhood."
• The 1922 edition of "Story of a Soul" by St. Therese of Lisieux, trans. Rev. Thomas Taylor
  Note this is a version of Therese's writings heavily edited by her sister Pauline
• "Counsels and Reminiscences" of Therese's sister Celine (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face), appended to the 1922 edition of "Story of a Soul"
• St. Therese, A Word of God in Our Time: A Miracle of Virtue and a Prodigy of Miracles
  The address of Pope Pius XI on February 11, 1923, at the time of the approval of the miracles needed for the Beatification of St. Therese
• Solemn Translation of St. Therese's Relics from the Town Cemetery to the Lisieux Carmel, March 26, 1923
• Film of the exhumation of the body of St. Therese and its return to Carmel in March 1923, before her beatification in April 1923
• Bull of Canonization of St. Therese of Lisieux, May 17, 1925
• Homily of Pope Pius XI at the Mass for St. Therese's canonization, May 17, 1925
• Radio Message of Pope Pius XI after the blessing of the Basilica of St. Therese at Lisieux on July 11, 1937
  (Click and scroll down to the third article on this page)
• Address given by Fr. Andre Combes, Theresian scholar, in the chapel of Lisieux Carmel on September 30, 1947, the 50th anniversary of Therese's death
• Pope John Paul II's visit to Lisieux to honor St. Therese, June 2, 1980
  Photographs of the occasion by M. Yves Jeanmougin
• Consecration of the Basilica at Lisieux, July 11, 1954
  The ceremonies at Lisieux when the completed basilica was consecrated
• "The Popes and Little Therese"
  article by Giovanni Ricciardi, 2003
• "Back to the Gospel: The Message of Saint Therese of Lisieux"
  a letter from the O. Carm. and OCD Superiors General on the occasion of the centenary in 1997 of the death of St. Therese
• 1997 - Pope John Paul II declares St. Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the Church
• "Therese of Lisieux: A Doctor for the Third Millennium," a pastoral letter by Fr. Camilo Macisse and Fr. Joseph Chalmers
  A pastoral letter issued jointly by the Superiors General of the Discalced Carmelites and the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance in 1997
• Pilgrim Saint: Therese's relics on tour
• "Therese Today" by Bishop Guy Gaucher, OCD
• "Our Perennial Fascination with Therese of Lisieux," by Fr. Ron Rohleiser, OMI
• St. Therese of Lisieux Named Co-Patron of the Apostleship of Prayer
  March 6, 2004
• "Why I Love You, O Therese!"
  Homily of Bishop Guy Gaucher, OCD at the service of thanksgiving for his episcopal ministry, given at Lisieux, June 19, 2005
• 2007 - 80th anniversary of the declaration of St. Therese as patroness of missions - 1927 - 2007