St Thérèse Calendar 2015 90th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANONISATION OF ST THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX

t Thérèse of Lisieux departed this life on 30 September 1897. The flurry of events after her death – the publication of Story of a Soul and its impact, the miracles, Sthe influx of correspondence to the Lisieux Carmel and the growing number of pilgrims to the Lisieux Cemetery all contributed to the calls for her beatification and canonisation. Within a short number of years, for the time, she was canonised on 17 May 1925, ninety years ago. The year before her death - in the part of Story of a Soul in which she expounded on her Doctrine of Love - St Thérèse wrote ‘I would want to preach the gospel on all the five continents simultaneously and even to the remotest isles. I would be a missionary not for a few years only but from the beginning of creation until the consummation of the ages’. In June 1897 she wrote ‘I am not dying, I am entering into life’ and when her sister Sr Marie of the Sacred Heart said ‘what sorrow we’ll experience when you leave us’ St Thérèse said ‘Oh no you will see; it will be like a shower of roses’. Later in July that year she said ‘I feel that my mission is about to begin, my mission to make God loved as I love Him, to teach souls my little way – the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute surrender’. How her wishes and premonitions have been realised! St Thérèse was declared Joint Patron of all missionaries and of the missions in 1927; Down the years countless numbers of people have continued to come to Lisieux to pray, to seek spiritual renewal and to walk in Thérèse’s footsteps; On the centenary of her death St Thérèse was made a Doctor of the Church in recognition of the wisdom of her doctrine of Love in the Church, her holiness and the worldwide dissemination of her message through her writings; St Thérèse’s Little Way of Trust and Surrender to God’s Merciful Love continues to spread. Story of a Soul is read in numerous languages; her relics travel the world; her message is on the worldwide web. St Thérèse’s name in religion St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face expresses the heart of her spirituality centred on the contemplation of God’s Love revealed in the mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption. (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, General Audience, April 2011) As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the canonisation of St Thérèse may we strive to love God as she did remembering her words: Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings Feeling no surprise at their weaknesses Finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.

David Weakliam, O. Carm.

Cover: Statue of St Thérèse of St Thérèse National Office, Colour key for Dates Lisieux outside the Lisieux Carmel Whitefriar Street Church, 56 Aungier Street, Red: Our Lord superimposed on a facsimile of the Blue: Our Lady Dublin 2, Ireland. handwriting of St Thérèse Brown: Carmelite Feast Days Tel: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 Black: Feast Days Email: [email protected] Website: www.sttherese.com All of a sudden, I thought of Little Jesus whom I loved so much, and I said ‘Oh! how happy I would be if they called me Thérèse of the Child Jesus’.

St Thérèse, in Story of a Soul, writing about wondering – when she was nine years old – what name she would be given in Carmel Image of The Child Jesus in the Lisieux Carmel Cloister which was cared for daily by St Thérèse January 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12FIRST FRIDAY 3 The Most Holy Name of Jesus Mary, the Mother St Basil the Great St Munchin of God St Gregory Nazianzen Bl Kuriakos 4 5678910

2nd Sunday after U The Epiphany Christmas St Charles of St Andrew of the Lord St Raymond of Penyafort St Peter Thomas St Andrew Corsini 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

The Baptism of the Lord St Hilary St Ita St Fursa St Anthony, abbot 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

2nd Sunday in St Fabian, pope & martyr Ordinary Time St Sabastian, martyr St Agnes St Vincent St Francis de Sales 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

St Aidan 3rd Sunday in St Timothy Bl Margaret Ball St John Bosco Ordinary Time St Titus St Angela Merici St Thomas Aquinas Bl Archangela Girlani Bl Francis Taylor www.sttherese.com U Holy Days Jesus is on fire with love for us. Look at His adorable Face!... Look at His eyes lifeless and lowered! Look at His Wounds… …Look at Jesus in His Face. There you will see how much Jesus loves us.

St Thérèse in a letter to her sister Céline, 4 April 1889 LT87, The Letters of St Thérèse The Holy Face February 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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St Mel 4th Sunday in The Presentation St Blaise Ss Paul Miki [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time of the Lord St Ansgar St Agatha and Companions Blessed Virgin Mary] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

St Cyril 5th Sunday in Our Lady of Lourdes St Methodius Ordinary Time St Scholastica St Gobnait St Valentine 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Holy Face St Fintan 6th Sunday in Seven Holy Founders of Ordinary Time the Servite Order ASH WEDNESDAY St Peter Damian 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

1st Sunday of Lent St Polycarp

www.sttherese.com U Holy Days “When I have a problem I ask St Thérèse, not to solve it, but to take it in her hands and help me accept it.” Pope Francis March 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 234567FIRST FRIDAY

St Casimir St Perpetua 2nd Sunday of Lent NOVENA OF GRACE BEGINS St Kieran St Felicity 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

3rd Sunday of Lent St Frances of Rome St Aengus 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Principal Protector 4th Sunday of Lent U St Patrick St Cyril of Jerusalem Carmelite Order Bl Francis Palau y Quer St Enda 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

St Turibius 5th Sunday of Lent of Mongrovejo St Macartan The Annunciation 29 30 31

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord HOLY WEEK HOLY WEEK www.sttherese.com U Holy Days The Basilica of Our Lady, Knock Shrine, Co. Mayo, Ireland Veneration and Blessing with the Relics of St Thérèse and Blessed Louis & Zélie Martin

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Basilica of Our Lady, Knock Shrine Monday 4th May 2015 3pm Solemn Concelebrated Mass Ceremony of the Blessing Roses (St Thérèse of Lisieux, Her Last Conversations) more Mother than Queen… Heaven and Earth, but she is Blessed Virgin is Queen of …We know very well that the

( Public Holiday Website: www.sttherese.com Email: [email protected] Tel: (01) 478 9647 / 9654 ) THE MARTIN FAMILY Bl Zélie Sr Marie of the Mother Agnes Sr Françoise- Sr Geneviève of St Thérèse Bl Louis Sacred Heart of Jesus Thérèse the Holy Face of Lisieux

Marie Pauline Léonie Hélène Joseph-Louis Joseph-Jean Céline Mélanie- Thérèse b.1860 b. 1861 b. 1863 b. 1864 b. 1866 Baptiste b. 1869 Thérèse b. 1873 Died: 6 years Died: 5 months b. 1867 b. 1870 Died: 8 months Died: 2 months

In one of his papal encyclicals St John XXIII wrote ‘All the Christian virtues should flourish in the family, unity should thrive, and the example of its virtuous living should shine brightly.’

When Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin were beatified St John Paul II wrote in his apostolic letter: ‘With their life as an exemplary couple they proclaimed Christ’s Gospel. They lived their faith ardently and passed it onto their family and those around them.’ April 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1234FIRST FRIDAY

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Easter Sunday of the Lord’s Resurrection EASTER MONDAY EASTER TUESDAY EASTER WEDNESDAY EASTER THURSDAY EASTER FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Mary of the Incarnation Bl John Spagnoli nun Divine Mercy Sunday St Martin I, pope St Bernadette Soubirous of Mantua St Laserian 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

St George St Fidelis of St Mark 3rd Sunday of Easter St Anselm St Adalbert of Prague Sigmaringen evangelist 26 27 28 29 30

St Peter Chanel St Louis Marie Grignion 4th Sunday of Easter St Asicus de Montfort St Catherine of Siena St Pius V, pope www.sttherese.com U Holy Days SAINT THÉRÈSE 1873-1897 1873 Born in Alençon 1877 Move to Les Buissonnets in Lisieux following the death of her mother 1883 Cured by the Virgin of the Smile 1884 First Holy Communion 1886 Grace of Conversion after Midnight Mass at Christmas 1887 Pilgrimage to Rome 1888 Entry to Carmel in Lisieux 1890 Profession of St Thérèse 1893 Began her work in the spiritual teaching of novices 1895 Writing what was to become her Autobiography 1897 Death of St Thérèse shortly before which she said ‘I feel that my mission is about to begin, my mission to make God loved as I love Him, to teach souls my Little Way’ After 1897 1898 Publication of Story of a Soul 1923 Beatification 1925 Canonisation 1927 Patroness of all Missionaries and Missions 1944 Patroness of France 1997 Doctor of the Church The 90th Anniversary of the canonisation of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face takes place on 17 May 2015 May 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12FIRST FRIDAY

St Joseph the Worker St Athanasius 3 456789 St Thérèse National Day of Prayer, Knock Shrine 5th Sunday of Easter St Angelus, St Conleth Bl Edmund Rice Bl Aloysius Rabata St George Preca 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Ss Nereus and Achilleus St Simon Stock 6th Sunday of Easter St Pancras Our Lady of Fatima St Matthias, apostle St Carthage St Brendan 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 St Joachina de Vedruna de Mas Ss Christopher Magallánes Our Lady Help of The Ascension of the Lord St John I, pope St Bernadine of Siena and Companions St Rita of Cascia Christians

24 25 26 27 28 29 30[Saturday Mass Pentecost St Mary Magdalene of the Blessed Sunday de’ Pazzi The Virgin Mary] Most Holy 31 St Bede the Venerable St Augustine Trinity St Gregory VII, pope St Philip Neri of Canterbury www.sttherese.com U Holy Days …I accept everything out of Love for God.

St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face June 1897 St Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations St Thérèse (on the left) and the Lisieux Community at laundry work June 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 123456FIRST FRIDAY St Jarlath, St Norbert Bl Maria Crocifissa Curcio [Saturday Mass Ss Marcellinus Ss Charles Lwanga of the Blessed St Justin and Peter St Kevin and Companions St Boniface Virgin Mary] The 7 8 9 10 11 12 13Immaculate Heart of Mary The Most Sacred St Anthony of Padua Corpus St Columba Heart of Jesus [Saturday Mass of the Christi (Colum Cille) St Barnabas, apostle Bl Hilary Januszewski Blessed Virgin Mary] 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time [St Elisha] St Romuald The Irish Martyrs 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

St Paulinus of Nola St Cyril of Alexandria 12th Sunday in Ss John Fisher and Birth of St John [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time Thomas More the Baptist Blessed Virgin Mary] 28 29 30

13th Sunday in St Peter, apostle The First Martyrs of the Ordinary Time St Paul, apostle Holy Roman Church www.sttherese.com U Holy Days I feel that my mission is about to begin, my mission to make God loved as I love Him, to teach souls my little way – the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute surrender.

St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face 17 July 1897 St Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations Last photograph of St Thérèse taken while she was alive July 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

FIRST FRIDAY 1234Bl Maria Crocifissa Curcio St Elizabeth of Portugal [Saturday Mass of the St Oliver Plunkett St Thomas, apostle Blessed Virgin Mary] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Bl Jane Scopelli 14th Sunday in St Maria Goretti Ss Augustine Zhao Rong Ordinary Time St Monnine St Maelruain St Kilian and Companions St Benedict 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Bl Teresa of Jesus [Bl Louis and of Los Andes Our Lady of Bls Teresa of Augustine [Saturday Mass of the Zélie Martin] St Henry St Camillus de Lellis St Bonaventure Mount Carmel and Companions Blessed Virgin Mary] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

St Elijah, Prophet Our Lady Mother of Bl John Soreth 16th Sunday in Father of Carmelites St Lawrence Divine Grace St Declan St James, apostle Ordinary Time St Apollinaris of Brindisi St Mary Magdalene St Bridget of Sweden St Sharbel Makhlüf St Christopher 26 27 28 29 30 31

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Bl Titus Brandsma St Martha St Peter Chrysologus St Ignatius of Loyola www.sttherese.com U Holy Days The Basilica of St Thérèse in Lisieux Irish National Carmelite Pilgrimage to Lisieux 2015

In Lisieux for the Feast Day Celebrations, including the Torchlight Procession of the relics of 4 St Thérèse NIGHTS

Thursday 24 to Monday 28 September 2015 Leading the Pilgrimage Rev. Bernard O’Reilly, O. Carm. and Rev. David Weakliam, O. Carm.

All correspondence should be sent to: Telephone enquires to: St Thérèse National Office, Celine at (01) 838 7281 56 Aungier Street,Dublin 2, Email: [email protected] Ireland. Website: www.sttherese.com In spiritual childhood is the secret of sanctity for all the faithful of the Catholic world… there is a call to all the faithful… to enter into the Little Way which led Sister Thérèse to the summit of heroic virtue.

From the homily of Pope Benedict XV 14 August 1921 St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face August 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1

St Alphonus Liguori 2 345678FIRST FRIDAY St Albert of Trapani Ss Sixtus II, pope 18th Sunday in Dedication of the The Transfiguration and Companions Ordinary Time St John Vianney Basilica of St Mary Major of the Lord St Cajetan St Dominic 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Bl Isidore Bakanja St Muredach, St Attracta, St Fachtna 19th Sunday in St Jane Frances de St Pontian, pope U The Assumption of the Ordinary Time St Lawrence St Clare Chantal, St Lelia St Hippolytus St Maximilian Kolbe Blessed Virgin Mary 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Our Lady of Knock 20th Sunday in Bl Angelinus Augustine St Bernard of The Queenship of the Ordinary Time Mazzinghi St John Eudes Clairvaux St Pius X, pope Blessed Virgin Mary 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Our Lady of 21st Sunday in Bl Mary of Consolation Ordinary Time The Passion of 22nd Jesus Crucified St Louis of France St John the Baptist Sunday St Bartholomew,St Aidan apostleof in Ordinary Time 30 Lindisfarne 31 St Joseph Calasanz Bl Jacques Retouret St Monica St Augustine www.sttherese.com U Holy Days The publication of Story of a Soul introduced the world in September 1898 to the Spirituality and the Little Way of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face: her abandonment to God’s Merciful Love her teaching on confidence and love her mission to make God loved as she loved Him.

Pen, inkwell, copybook, lamp and hourglass used by St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face while she wrote Story of a Soul September 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12345FIRST FRIDAY

St Gregory [Saturday Mass of the St Teresa Margaret Redi the Great, pope St Mac Nissi Blessed Virgin Mary]

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 St Ailbe The Most The Birthday of Holy Name of Mary 23rd Sunday in Our Blessed Lady [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time Our Lady of Dublin St Ciaran Blessed Virgin Mary] 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 St Albert of Jerusalem Bishop and Lawgiver St Januarius 24th Sunday in The Exhaltation of St Cornelius, pope of Carmel [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time The Holy Cross Our Lady of Sorrows St Cyprian St Robert Ballarmine Blessed Virgin Mary] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 St Cosmas St Damian 25th Sunday in St Matthew, St Pius of Pietrelcina [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time apostle and evangelist (Padre Pio) St Finbarr Blessed Virgin Mary] 27 28 29 30

St Wenceslaus 26th Sunday in Ss Lawrence Ruiz and Ss Michael, Gabriel and Ordinary Time Companions Raphael, archangels St Jerome www.sttherese.com U Holy Days Through spiritual childhood one experiences that everything comes from God, returns to Him and abides in Him, for the salvation of all in a mystery of merciful love. Such is the doctrinal message taught and lived by this Saint.

St John Paul II Apostolic Letter on the proclamation of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face as a Doctor of the Church 19 October 1997 St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Doctor of the Church October 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12FIRST FRIDAY 3

Bl Columba Marmion [Saturday Mass of the St Thérèse of Lisieux The Guardian Angels Blessed Virgin Mary] 4 5678910

Bl John Henry Newman 27th Sunday in Our Lady of the Ss Denis & Companions [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time St Faustina St Bruno Most Holy Rosary St John Leonardi Blessed Virgin Mary] 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

St Hedwig 28th Sunday in St Teresa of Jesus St Margaret Mary Alacoque Ordinary Time St Callistus I, pope of Avila St Gall St Ignatius of Antioch 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ss John Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and St Anthony Claret 29th Sunday in Companions [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time St Paul of the Cross St John Paul II, pope St John of Capistrano Blessed Virgin Mary] 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Bl Dominic 30th Sunday in St Simon, apostle Collins Ordinary Time St Otteran St Jude, apostle www.sttherese.com U Holy Days I advise you, when you have struggles against charity, to read this chapter of the Imitation: ‘We must bear with the faults of others’. You will find your struggles will disappear: it always did me a lot of good. It’s very good and very true.

St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face 11 June 1897 St Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations

St Thérèse with images of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face November 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 234567FIRST FRIDAY

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 All Saints of the Carmelite Order St Lawrence O’Toole 32nd Sunday in The Dedication of the [Saturday Mass of the Ordinary Time Lateran Basilica St Leo the Great, pope St Martin of Tours St Josaphat Bl Maria Teresa Scrilli Blessed Virgin Mary] 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

All Souls of the The Dedication of the 33rd Sunday in Carmelite Order St Elizabeth Basilica of The Presentation of the Ordinary Time St Gertrude of Hungary Ss Peter and Paul St Raphael Kalinowski Blessed Virgin Mary 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Our Lady of the St Catherine Labourè Our Lord Jesus Christ Ss Andrew Dov ng-Lac St Catherine of Miraculous Medal [Saturday Mass of the King of the Universe St Columbanus and Companions Alexandria St Fergal Blessed Virgin Mary] 29 30

First Sunday of Advent St Andrew, apostle www.sttherese.com U Holy Days I would want to preach the gospel… I would SLOVAKIA be a missionary not for a few years only but from the beginning of creation until the consummation of the ages.

St Thérèse was proclaimed Joint Patron of all missionaries and the missions in the whole world by Pope Pius XI on 14 December 1927 St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face Story of a Soul December 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12345FIRST FRIDAY

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U The Immaculate Conception of the St Juan Diego Our Lady of Guadalupe 2nd Sunday of Advent St Ambrose Blessed Virgin Mary Cuahtlatoatzin St Damascus I, pope St Finnian 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

3rd Sunday of Advent St John of the Cross St Flannan 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

U The Birth of 4th Sunday of Advent St Peter Canisius St John of Kanty Our Lord St Stephen 27 28 29 30 31

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