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In the World ...................................................................4 Home and Infancy .......................................................4 School Days ...............................................................10 First Communion .......................................................18 Apostolic Zeal ...........................................................21 Forcing the Gates of Carmel .....................................23 In Rome .....................................................................29 In Carmel ......................................................................33 Novitiate and Profession ...........................................33 The Saint’s Spirituality ..............................................41 Last Illness .................................................................51 Last Months ...............................................................58 In Heaven ......................................................................66 The Autobiography ....................................................67 The Shower of Roses .................................................68 A World-Wide Devotion ...........................................71 The Pilgrimage to Lisieux .........................................73 The Canonisation .......................................................74 Proclaimed Doctor of the Church ..............................82 Epilogue ........................................................................87 Acknowledgements All the quotations in this pamphlet have been taken from the official documents, published by the Carmel through the Office Central of Lisieux. Great use has been made of the official life, St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, written by Msgr Leveilla. All rights reserved. First published 1936; this edition published 2012 by The Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, 40-46 Harleyford Road London SE11 5AY Tel: 020 7640 0042 Fax: 020 7640 0046. Copyright © 2012 The Incorporated Catholic Truth Society. ISBN 978 1 86082 146 2