St. Therese of Lisieux Sttherese.com says, “From an early age Thérèse wanted to give herself to God.” She was born on January 2, 1873 (Hoever 401) in Alençon, Normandy (“St. Therese of”). After her mother died when Therese was four her family, her father and four older sisters, moved to Les Buissonnets, Lisieux where she would be raised (“About St Therese”). After fifteen years at home Therese entered the Lisieux Carmel and lived there until her early death at twenty-four years old (“Her life at”). Therese lived her life as a Carmelite nun in Lisieux (“St. Therese of”). Her first assignments were to work in the refectory and the linen rooms (“About St Therese”). During her time in the convent Therese’s oldest sister asked to stay a permanent
