St Therese of Lisieux
by Fr Lawrence G. Lovasik
St. Joseph Picture Book Series, Part 2 of 12 books on the "Super-Heroes of God"--commonly known as Saints--by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. introduces Catholic children to 15 of the most well-known Saints. Among the features of this book are:
- a full-color illustration of each Saint
- short, easy-to-understand lives of the Saints that offer a window on what made them so special in the eyes of God
- the feast day for each Saint in accordance with the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church
- a concluding prayer
Saints included in this edition are:
| St. Agnes | St. Bernadette | St. Dominic Savio | St. Dymphna |
| St. Joan of Arc | St. Aloysius Gonzaga | St. Maria Goretti | St. John Berchmans |
| St. Tarcisius | St. Rose of Lima | St. Therese of the Child Jesus | St. Gerard Majella |
| St. Stanislaus Kostka | St. Lucy | St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
Paperback, size 7" x 5", 32 pages
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by Rev P. Henry Matimore
The purpose of this beautiful book is to acquaint our children with biographies that will have some particular influence on the development of their characters. Each story has been planned as a real character training project, not merely as a reading lesson, to inspire admiration for faith and religious heroism.
"To accomplish this purpose, we have endeavored to stimulate interest in each saint by presenting him or her as a real human being who lived in a real world among real people and not as a super-being surrounded by miraculous wonders. We have tried to make the saints human, admirable, and lovable, and therefore imitate-able." (from the Foreword). Questions and Things to Do are found at the end of each story.
| St Cecilia | St Sebastian of Rome | St Agnes of Rome | St Monica | St Patrick |
| St Columba | St Boniface | St Thomas of Canterbury | St Francis of Assisi | St Hedwig |
| St Hyacinth | St Louis IX | St Gertrude | St John Nepomucene | St Joan of Arc |
| St Thomas More | St Franis Xavier | St Aloysius | St Vincent de Paul | St Issac Jogues |
| St Gerard Majella | The Cure of Ars | St Theophane Venard | St Damien of Molokai | St Therese of Lisieux |
Ages: 9 - 12
Paperback, size 8.2" x 5.8", 302 pages
by Br Ernest, CSC
In 1888 this young girl enters the Carmelite convent at the age of 15. Reading this story about Saint Therese can help us see how to grow in holiness by doing even the smallest things with great love for God!
Level 1
Paperback, size 8" x 6", 30 pages
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by Pere Liagre C.S. Sp.
This "retreat in a book" presents to the busy reader of today a perfect little tool to assist in translating from inspiration to action, the exquisite lessons gleaned from The Autobiography of a Soul.
“In Spiritual Childhood lies the secret of sanctity for all the faithful throughout the whole world.”
“It is our special desire that the secret of Sister Thérèse’s sanctity may be disclosed to all our children.” –Pope Benedict XV.
“We nourish the hope today of seeing springing up in the souls of the faithful of Christ a burning desire of leading a life of Spiritual Childhood.”
“We earnestly desire that all the faithful should study her in order to copy her, becoming children themselves, since otherwise they cannot, as the Master saith, enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” –Pope St. Pius X
One day a novice, coming to Sister Thérèse for advice, said to her, “Oh, when I think of all I have yet to acquire.” “Say, rather, to lose,” was the answer—an answer alight with wisdom. Let us think that we have much more to lose than to acquire if we are to profit in Thérèse’s school, and learn, from her the science of holiness.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 96 pages
A first book for little Catholic Girls
Saints for Girls is a beautiful treasure for little Catholic girls with saint stories they will love, remember, and admire. It contains illustrations on every page, with over half in full color. This title is suggested for pre-schoolers through second graders.
Saints included in this edition are: Genevieve, Elizabeth, Frances Cabrini, Helena, Brigid, Teresa of Avila, Thérèse of the Child Jesus, and Bernadette.
Hardcover, size 7" x 5.75", 104 pages
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by Fr. Christopher Rengers OFMCap, Matthew E. Bunson, PhD
The 35 Doctors of the Church presents the most comprehensive and fascinating collection available anywhere on the lives and labors of the saints who have been declared the Church’s Doctors.
From St. Athanasius (c. 297–373) to St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897), you’ll find the amazing stories of 35 extraordinary men and women who are honored both for their holiness and for the eminence of their teachings about the Faith.
Their work and witness are truly timeless; their lives and wisdom show us how to be holy in our own lives, how to confront the challenges of today, and how to proclaim the Gospel to a modern world hungering for Jesus Christ.
| St Athanasius | St Ephrem | St Cyril of Jerusalem | St Hilary of Poitiers | St Gregory Nazianzen | St Basil the Great |
| St Ambrose of Milan | St Jerome | St John Chrysostom | St Augustine of Hippo | St Cyril of Alexandria | Pope St Leo the Great |
| St Peter Chrysologus | Pope St Gregory the Great | St Isidore of Seville | St Bede the Venerable | St John Damascene | St Peter Damian |
| St Anselm | St Bernard of Clairvaux | St Hildegard of Bingen | St Anthony of Padua | St Albert the Great | St Bonaventure |
| St Thomas Aquinas | St Catherine of Siena | St John of Avila | St Teresa of Avila | St Peter Canisius | St Robert Bellarmine |
| St John of the Cross | St Lawrence of Brindisi | St Francis de Sales | St Alphonsus Liguori | St Therese of Lisieux |
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 730 pages
Heroines of Christ
edited by Fr Joseph Husslein, S.J.
For centuries the Catholic Church has upheld and celebrated her saints among the great holy women of history. Even from the moment of the Fall of Man, God promised a Redeemer Whose power would conquer sin and reopen to us our heavenly home; and in that moment He also promised us a mother who would be so powerful as to crush the head of Satan and cooperate with her Divine Son in reopening those gates of paradise. Womankind finds in Christ’s own Virgin Mother the perfect imitation of Christ, and in her is found all the treasures of virtue wanting in every woman. Fittingly, God’s women saints imitate and copy Our Lady’s greatness through His omnipotent power. Unlike pagan and Moslem cultures that often demean the female as something more akin to an animal, due to a naturalistic attitude of prizing the superiority of physical strength over spiritual strength, our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church has not hidden those loving sisters of Christ. She has, conversely, sought to proclaim God’s glory and will through the artful hands of women, knowing full well God’s plan for them as capable of great spiritual strength, and even miraculous physical strength beyond comprehension. All the while, the holy women in the life of the Church do not overshadow the great men, but rather compliment them beautifully in all their varied rôles.
The book was first published in 1939 and is an anthology of essays by Jesuits, retelling the brilliant histories of fifteen women saints throughout the course of the Catholic Church. Starting with Saint Agnes in ancient Rome, and finishing with St. Thérèse in the twentieth century, the subjects covered are varietal. Many geographical locations are visited, and almost every era of the Church and station in life are the setting for the accounts. In storybook fashion, the various authors give inspiring and often dramatic accounts of these saints’ lives. As the preface is forward in stating, the authors had sought to dramatize the events vividly to give the stories life and color. They do this very well, giving the reader a sense of truly having lived among these women. One can imagine easily each saint’s various trials and can have, therefore, a greater appreciation of their victories. This writing is a tool that greatly inspires, because when these true-life stories are laid out in this fashion, one gets a sense of the reality of sainthood and how attainable heroic virtue can be. After all, many of the same battles fought daily by modern-day women who aspire to holiness are no different than those battles also endured by yesterday’s holy-women
A common theme echoes in each story, which is that each chapter details for the reader the extraordinary love with which these ladies lived their daily lives. While it is not a surprising reality that men and women who want to increase God’s glory on earth will have in common this great love, it appears obvious that this collection of stories was intended to make a march along this theme. Heroines of Christ accomplishes well that to love Christ is to do all, lose all, and gain all for Him.
Among these pages, learn how the unwavering love and faithfulness to Christ are qualities which made the difference between any one soul and the souls of the saints. It is through the example of the female saints that we come to the knowledge of what is truly necessary in the female soul. If modern woman is to counteract and win the battle over liberalism and feminist philosophies, she must first be armed with the knowledge of the past champions of true femininity. In their souls flames forth an unwavering constancy to the Christian Faith, and a wholesome obsessive love for Christ. At first glance, there is nothing more extraordinary in the women saints of God than what is in any other woman’s capability, but due to their virtues, miraculous events and triumphs over the impossible mark their legacies.
The book is unique in that it not only instructs by giving a historical account, like some school-day lecture. Heroines of Christ also entertains through the literary methods of artistic narration that is vivid in its images and sprinkled with probable dialogue. Like any good work of historical fiction, the book certainly does give an excellent account of the lives of each saint while keeping the mind of the reader rapt in wonder. Written in this way, the mind is sure to remember the new exciting details as never before when reading a lives of the saints collection which contains only brief summaries of historical fact.
- Be inspired in your daily life by the attainable marvels that have been the lives of women saints since the time of the early Roman martyrs even until more recent times.
- Be strengthened by these women’s constancy and victorious battles over daily sufferings and the powers of hell.
- Look on as beautiful ladies choose their bridegroom to be Christ rather than highly eligible earthly suitors.
- Wonder as common and obscure folk rise to the great heights of such fame as to be known even among non-Catholics.
- Delight as little girls of no consequence bravely confound great rulers.
This true strength of woman gleams from among the pages of history, through the omnipotent power of Christ and His living Church. We stand strengthened that so triumphant an army looks down upon us and intercedes for us to do the same, knowing full-well our weaknesses and needs, having had lived them before in greater or lesser degrees. In reading Heroines of Christ, travel back in time with those women who would one day become saints, and walk with them along the road of this present earth toward sanctity and the reward of heaven.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 210 pages
Also available in Hardback with dust jacket upon request (additional cost)
by Fr Pere Carbonel, S.J.
"Children, this book is for you." Written by Pere Carbonel, S.J., "all of the details herein were given to him by the Sisters of Therese. It will tell you about the life of a child like yourselves who became very dear to Our Lord, and who has been placed by the Church in the ranks of Saints."
Truly, a child to set as ones inspirational role model, St. Therese will help and encourage you to be patient, to bear your troubles bravely as she did, and to trust in Our Lord.
Hardcover, size 8.25" x 5.75", 196 pages
The Making of a Saint
by John Beevers
She lived 24 years and was an obscure nun for nine of those. Yet she is known the world over by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Dead in 1897 and was canonized in 1925, her statue soon appeared in most Catholic churches in the world. With St. Joan of Arc, she shares the title "Patroness of France" and with St. Francis Xavier the honor of "Principal Patroness of all Missionaries." Her devotees acknowledge her as a second St. Jude in her powerful intercession with God. Her appeal is universal—from peasants to popes—and people of all stations know her and call upon her for help.
What factors conspired to shape St. Therese of the Child Jesus? John Beevers addresses this question in Saint Therese of the Little Flower: The Making of a Saint. As author of an earlier biography, The Storm of Glory, and as translator of her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, he brings to his task an authority on her life unsurpassed perhaps by any writer in English.
The story of this life is a marvel—a miracle—of divine grace. For the life of St. Therese is the lesson to all men: one of spiritual greatness to be achieved by perfect love of God and total consecration of all our actions, even the smallest, to His greater honor and glory.
Paperback, size 8" x 5.25", 208 pages
A First Book for Little Catholics
by Fr. Gales
A short picture book on the life of Saint Therese. Teaches children about how St. Therese was visited by the vision of the Child Jesus and became a Carmelite nun at a young age to live out her life entirely for God.
Age range 2-10
Paperback, size 6.3" x 5.2", 32 pages, Impr 1957
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The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
by John Beevers
“Love to be unknown and accounted as nothing.” These words from the Imitation of Christ might well have been the motto of Thérèse of the Child Jesus, the “Little Flower” of Lisieux, who is now hailed as the “greatest saint of modern times.” The story of her soul is now universally known: born to Louis and Zélie Martin in 1873, she joined—in spite of stern opposition—the Carmelite community of Lisieux at the age of just fifteen. For little more than nine years, she lived the Carmelite life of prayer, silence and austerity, suffering in body from tuberculosis and striving in spirit to follow “the little way” by which she hoped to gain eternal life, until her death at the age of twenty-four in 1897.
Storm of Glory: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, originally published in 1949, is an excellent and vivid introduction to the life and lessons of the Little Flower. The fruit of John Beevers’ diligent research and careful study of the relevant materials available to date, Storm of Glory succinctly conveys the power and significance of Saint Thérèse’s message to the modern world: namely, that God is not dead, but is alive; He lives, He is life itself, and He promises that same life, in abundance, to any and all who will accept it from His crucified hands.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 218 pages
by Helen Walker Homan
A beautiful story about the most popular saint of modern times, St. Therese of Lisieux, the "Little Flower." Growing up in Lisieux, France was occasionally painful but usually delightful for Therese and her four sisters. For practical Marie, studious Pauline, hot-tempered Leonie, mischievous Celine, and beautiful, lovable Therese, growing up meant growing closer to God. The Little Flower found her pathway to holiness right in her own back yard.
With their disagreements, secrets, visits to the convent, school adventures, and romances, these five girls are an enjoyable handful for their kindly, widowed father. But Therese, because she loves her family, discovers that one of her sisters might unwittingly prevent her dearest wish from coming true.
Ages: 9-15
Paperback, 149 pages
by St Therses of Lisieux
Letters To Her Spiritual Brothers Collects The Correspondence Between St. Thérèse Of Lisieux And Missionaries Fr. Adolphe Roulland And Fr. Maurice Bellière.
The letters cover the practical and spiritual aspects of religious, clerical, and missionary life in the 19th century, and offer a unique glimpse into the soul of one of the most beloved saints in recent history.
In addition to the letters themselves, this edition includes an overview of the lives of Frs. Roulland and Bellière, and additional documents relevant to their correspondence with St. Thérèse. In order to assist the reader in better understanding the context and circumstances surrounding the letters, substantive footnotes have been incorporated throughout. Although more than a century has passed since they were written, these letters confront perennial themes familiar to Christians of every generation. Every Catholic, whether clerical, religious, or lay, will discover immense spiritual benefits in this unique collection.
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 152 pages, photographs
Loving is Giving Everything Away
by Francesco Rizzato
In this colorful and vibrant graphic novel, St. Thérèse of Lisieux reveals to children the story of her soul and her secret to holiness: “To love is to give everything and to give yourself.” Children will come to understand that the “Little Way” of St. Thérèse consists of trust, love, and generosity, and they will learn how to abandon themselves in the arms of Jesus like the Little Flower.
Never before has the life and spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux been presented in such a beautiful and engaging way for young readers.
With this book, children will come to know St. Thérèse, her goodness, her peace in times of trial, her devotion to Our Lady, and her intense love for the Holy Eucharist.
Hardcover, size 11" x 8.5", 48 pages
by Fr. Gales
10 short, captivating stories about well-known saints:
St. Gabriel the Archangel, St. Joseph, St. Agnes of Rome, St. Patrick, St. Benedict, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Dominic, St. Margaret Mary, St. Therese, and St. Michael the Archangel.
A great introduction for little children! Beautiful illustrations on every page!
Ages: 2-10
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 32 pages