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This large, deluxe bi-fold holy card of St. Therese of Liseaux features a biography of St. Therese on the inside pages and a Prayer to St. Therese on the back of the card. Printed on durable, coated card stock. Printed in Italy.

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St. Therese Of Lisieux

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 10/01 Tridentine Calendar - 10/01 Roman Rite Calendar - 01/10 Patron Of: African Missions, AIDS Sufferers, Air Crews, Aircraft Pilots, Aviators, Florists, Flower Growers, France, Illness, Loss of Parents, Missionaries, Missions, Domestic, Tuberculosis Also known as Teresa of the Infant Jesus; Therese of the Child Jesus; the Little Flower; the Little Flower of Jesus Profile     Born to a middle-class French family. Her father, Louis, was a watchmaker, her mother, who died of cancer when Therese was 4, was a lace maker, and both have been declared Venerable by the Church. Cured from an illness at age eight when a statue of the Blessed Virgin smiled at her. Carmelite nun at age 15. Defined her path to God and holiness as "The Little Way," which consisted of love and trust in God. At the direction of her spiritual director, and against her wishes, she dictated her famed autobiography Story of a Soul. Many miracles attributed to her. Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.     "For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." - Saint Therese of Lisieux Born     2 January 1873 at Alcon, Normandy, France Died     7pm Thursday 30 September 1897 at Lisieux, France of tuberculosis Venerated     14 August 1921 by Pope Benedict XV Beatified     29 April 1923 by Pope Pius XI Canonized     17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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