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Welcome to the Official Website
marking the visit of the Relics of
St Thérèse to Ireland during 2001
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A Pilgrimage of Grace
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The mortal remains of St. Thérèse were venerated in Ireland for eleven weeks - Easter Sunday April 15th to
Monday 2nd July.
The Relics visited all 26 Diocesan Cathedrals, all Churches and Chapels of St. Thérèse's Carmelite Sisters and Brothers, as well as the major shrines.
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St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus was born in Alencon in France on 2 January 1873. She was the last of nine children, four of whom had already died. Her father was a watchmaker and her mother ran a small lace-making business.
'I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach your Name ... to preach the Gospel on all five continents.'
Thérèse's wish has been fulfilled. Six years ago the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux began a 'pilgrimage of grace' that will eventually cover the four corners of the world.
 'Of St. Thérèse of Lisieux it can be said with conviction that God chose her to reveal directly to the men and women of our time the central reality of the Gospel, that God is our Father and we are his children. .'
John Paul II - Lisieux 1980.
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