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This remarkable biography of Therese of Lisieux, one of the most popular Catholic saints of all time, was commissioned by her sister and religious superior and was the first published in English in 1928. Msgr. August Pierre Laveille was able to portray Therese, as well as her parents Zelie and Louis who were canonized in 2015, with exquisite detail, having interviewed those who knew them best. When the autobiography of the life of Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul, was first published a year after her death in 1898, the response was immediate and overwhelming, with tens of thousands of copies of her book sold in just a few short months. It was decided that an official biography should be written from the documents that had been gathered on the life of Therese Martin, whose cause for canonization was taken up without the customary fifty year waiting period. First published in French in 1925, the first English edition became available in 1928. This exhaustive record of the life of one of the most beloved of all Catholic saints includes biographical information about her parents and grandparents, her early years at home, her years in the cloister, her illness and death, and information about the miracles attributed to her after her death, when she made good the promise on her deathbed that she would spend her heaven doing good on earth.

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Once again the vivid and penetrating biography of this luminous soul by Msgr. Laveille is made available. Msgr. Laveille has drawn back the curtain and shown us the beauty of this soul as seen from without. Many details not mentioned by the Saint herself, either out of humility or not considered as coming under the scope of the work commanded by her superiors, are here seen for the first time. A detailed account of her early childhood and family life are given. It at once becomes evident where the seeds were planted which were to bloom forth so gloriously and thus illuminate the path for other little souls to follow. --<b>Dominicana Journal (1952)</b> What is it that accounts for the perennial appeal of this gem of a biography, which is at once both timely and timeless? The author shows how simple, childlike souls, like that of Therese, bring superior intelligence to bear on the truths of faith. --From the foreword by <b>Susan Muto</b>, Author of <i>Twelve Little Ways to Transform Your Heart</i> This new edition of Msgr. Laveille's biography of St. Therese of Lisieux is a welcomed addition to the literature about her because it offers a window into how Therese;was presented to the world at the time of her canonization. --<b>Maureen O'Riordan</b>, Curator of <i>Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway</i>

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<b>August Pierre Laveille (1856 1928)</b>, the vicar-general of Mieux, was commissioned by the Mother Prioress of the Carmel of Lisieux, St. Therese's sister Pauline, to write the official biography of the Little Flower. Msgr. Laveille also wrote several other popular biographies, including those of Belgian Cardinal Desire Mercier and St. Louis de Montfort.<b>Michael Fitzsimons, O.M.I.</b>, was appointed provincial of the Oblate Anglo-Irish Province of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in June 1951. He translated August Pierre Laveille's work on St. Therese of Lisieux into English in 1928<b>Susan Muto</b>, executive director of the Epiphany Association, is a renowned speaker, author, teacher, and dean of the Epiphany Academy of Formative Spirituality.

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