Lisieux
A place in the history of the Church
A city in Normandy, in France.
What happened here
- The family: Thérèse’s family moved to Lisieux. At Christmas in 1886 she lived what she called her “complete conversion.”
- The Carmel: on April 9, 1888, at fifteen years old, she entered the Carmel of Lisieux, a convent of Carmelite nuns.
Source: John Paul II, Divini Amoris Scientia 5