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The extraordinary story of Therese Martin
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 Therese Martin was born in 1873 at Alençon. She died of tuberculosis on 30th September 1897 in the Lisieux Carmel, which she entered at the age of 15. Thanks to her memoirs published after her death and translated into more than 60 languages, she quickly became known and venerated throughout the whole world. In "Story of a Soul” Therese explains her "little way" to holiness, not by extraordinary sacrifices, but by the monotony of little acts offered to God through love.
In 1925, she was declared a Saint and two years later was proclaimed Patroness of the Missions. Since 1944, St Therese has been Secondary Patroness of France. In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared St Therese a Doctor of the Church.
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Villes Sanctuaires en France
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 Along with Ars, Lourdes, Chartres, Nevers, Notre-Dame de la Salette, Paray-le-Monial, le Mont Saint-Michel, Pontmain, le Puy-en-Velay, Rocamadour and Sainte Anne d'Auray, Lisieux is part of the Association des Villes Sanctuaires en France.
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