Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway

Therese and the Holy Face of Jesus

• St. Therese writes about her discovery of the Holy Face in her memoir, "Story of a Soul"
  Courtesy of the Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites and the Web site of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux
• St. Therese's poem "Canticle to the Holy Face," also titled "My Heaven on Earth," written August 12, 1895
  Courtesy of the Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites and the Web site of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux
• Therese's Prayer to the Holy Face of Jesus, written in the summer of 1896
  Courtesy of the Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites and the Web site of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux
• Therese's "Consecration to the Holy Face," written August 6, 1896
  for Therese, her sister Celine (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) and Sister Marie of the Trinity and of the Holy Face. Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites & Web site of the Archives of the Lisieux Carmel.
• "The Holy Face in the Spirituality of St. Therese," by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
  an article giving the background of St. Therese's devotion to the Holy Face
• an icon of Therese with the Holy Face of Jesus
  from Printery House at Conception Abbey
• A short page with a brief history of devotion to the Holy Face
• "The Life of Sister Marie of St. Pierre," 1884 (book online)
  Biography of a nun of the Tours Carmel who received revelations concerning the Holy Face
• Holy Face Church in Maryland