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 1 234567FIRST FRIDAY 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 …We know very well that the Blessed Virgin is Queen of Heaven and Earth, but she is more Mother than Queen… (St Thérèse of Lisieux, Her Last Conversations) StThérèse National Day of Prayer Basilica of Our Lady, Knock Shrine Monday 4th May 2015 (Public Holiday) 3pm Solemn Concelebrated Mass Ceremony of the Blessing of the Roses Veneration and Blessing with the Relics of St Thérèse and Blessed Louis & Zélie Martin For further information contact: Tel: (01) 478 9647 / 478 9654 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sttherese.com 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 HOLY WEEK HOLY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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.