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Lisieux
House Patron: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
House Color: Green
Feast Day: October 1
Coat of Arms: A lone star, embedded on a yellow rose on a green field. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is often referred to as the Little Flower and depicted with roses. With this as our inspiration, and with plenty of Texas pride, Lisieux House is symbolized by a yellow rose of Texas, with a Lone Star at its center, on a green field.
Motto: Virtus, Veritas, Victoria
House Color: Green
Feast Day: October 1
Coat of Arms: A lone star, embedded on a yellow rose on a green field. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is often referred to as the Little Flower and depicted with roses. With this as our inspiration, and with plenty of Texas pride, Lisieux House is symbolized by a yellow rose of Texas, with a Lone Star at its center, on a green field.
Motto: Virtus, Veritas, Victoria
Slogan: “You’ll Never Walk Alone"
Events sponsored by Lisieux House:
Archdiocesan Steps for Students 5k run
About Our Patron:
Thérèse Martin was born in France in 1873 to her saintly parents Loius and Zelie Martin. Brought up in an atmosphere of faith where every virtue and aspiration were carefully nurtured and developed, Therese came to know her vocation when she was still only a child.
Overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the Carmelite community of Lisieux. Her time in the convent was relatively short, as she died at the early age of 24 in 1897.
An account of the nine years of her religious life, marked by great graces and constant growth in holiness, was written by Thérèse in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul. Published two years after her death, its success was immediate as it was early translated into many languages, and it has passed into many editions, spreading far and wide the devotion to this "little" saint of simplicity, and abandonment in God's service, of the perfect accomplishment of small duties, known as her “Little Way” of sanctity.
She was canonized in 1925, and later proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope St. John Paul II in 1997. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is the patroness of missionaries, florists, and of France. Her feast day is October 1.
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Events sponsored by Lisieux House:
Archdiocesan Steps for Students 5k run
About Our Patron:
Thérèse Martin was born in France in 1873 to her saintly parents Loius and Zelie Martin. Brought up in an atmosphere of faith where every virtue and aspiration were carefully nurtured and developed, Therese came to know her vocation when she was still only a child.
Overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the Carmelite community of Lisieux. Her time in the convent was relatively short, as she died at the early age of 24 in 1897.
An account of the nine years of her religious life, marked by great graces and constant growth in holiness, was written by Thérèse in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul. Published two years after her death, its success was immediate as it was early translated into many languages, and it has passed into many editions, spreading far and wide the devotion to this "little" saint of simplicity, and abandonment in God's service, of the perfect accomplishment of small duties, known as her “Little Way” of sanctity.
She was canonized in 1925, and later proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope St. John Paul II in 1997. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is the patroness of missionaries, florists, and of France. Her feast day is October 1.
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