St thérèse story

THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born at Alençon, France on 2 January Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church.

Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin.

St thérèse of lisieux feast day

After the death of her mother on 28 August , Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux.

Towards the end of , she went to confession for the first time. On the Feast of Pentecost , she received the singular grace of being healed from a serious illness through the intercession of Our Lady of Victories.

Taught by the Benedictine Nuns of Lisieux and after an intense immediate preparation culminating in a vivid experience of intimate union with Christ, she received First Holy Communion on 8 May Some weeks later, on 14 June of the same year, she received the Sacrament of Confirmation, fully aware of accepting the gift of the Holy Spirit as a personal participation in the grace of Pentecost.

She wished to embrace the contemplative life, as her sist