The Little Way
St. Therese of Lisieux St. Therese of Lisieux is know as the Little Flower. She was born on January 2, 1873 and was allowed to become a Carmelite Nun on April 9, 1888. She had such a strong conviction to take on a religious life that she boldly approached Pope Leo XIII and asked him to grant her permission to enter the convent. This happened while she was on a pilgrimage to Rome with her father and sister. The Pope told her to do as her superiors instructed. This happened before the Christmas of 1887 and she was told by New Years that she could enter the convent in the spring. The last six months I have studied the lives of many of the women who have taken Holy Orders in the past 1500 years. The Feast Day for St. Therese is October 1st as she died on Sept. 30, 1897 at the age of 24. She suffered with tuberculosis and during her final year her older sister, Mother Agnes of Jesus, commissioned Therese to write out an autobiography. This is called the Story of a Soul and