Saint therese of lisieux short biography

THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born at Alençon, France on 2 January Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin.

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After the death of her mother on 28 August , Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux.

Towards the end of , she went to confession for the first time. On the Feast of Pentecost , she received the singular grace of being healed from a serious illness through the intercession of Our Lady of Victories. Taught by the Benedictine Nuns of Lisieux and after an intense immediate preparation culminating in a vivid experience of intimate union with Christ, she received First Holy Communion on 8 May Some weeks later, on 14 June of the same year, she received the Sacrament of Confirmation, fully aware of accepting the gift of the Holy Spirit as a personal participation in the grace of Pentecost.

She wished to embrace the contemplative life, as her sist The Life of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux - Vatican ZISIL