God of all women………………………..Be the desire of our hearts

God of all mystics………………………..Embrace us in wonder

God of all saints………………………….Fire our lukewarm spirits

Child of God born in La Mas, France on Feb. 1, 1805……….Blessed be God.

Child of God baptized Marie Victoire on Feb. 2, 1805………..Blessed be God.

Marie Couderc, oldest daughter of Claude & Anne

Marie Couderc, second of ten children

Marie Couderc, made First Communion on Pentecost 1815

Marie Couderc, began formal education at age 17

Marie Couderc, met Fr. Stephen Terme in 1825

Marie Couderc, shared her desire for religious life at a parish mission

Marie Couderc, joined the Sisters of St. Regis in Jan. 1826

Marie Couderc, made first vows in 1827

Sister Therese, co-founded the Religious of the Cenacle in 1828

Sister Therese, made final vows in 1837 as Mother Therese

Mother Therese, for your gift of the vision of GOODNESS……Thank you God

Mother Therese, for your gift of gospel poverty………………...Thank you God

Mother Therese, for your gift of abiding trust in God

Mother Therese, for your gift of a deep love of God

Mother Therese, for your gift of surrender to God

Mother Therese, for your gift of your spirit of humility

Mother Therese, for your gift of embracing the cross of Christ

Mother Therese, for your gift of being always animated by the Holy Spirit

Mother Therese, for your gift of an apostolic spirit

Mother Therese, for the grace to receive with you the fulfillment of union with God

Mother Therese, who died at the Lyons Cenacle on Sept. 26, 1885

.....rest in peace.

Venerable Therese, so named by Pope Pius XI on May 12, 1935…pray for us.

Blessed Therese, so named by Pope Pius XII on Nov. 4, 1951……pray for us.

St. Therese, canonized by Pope Paul VI on May 10, 1970

St. Therese, Foundress of a Retreat Ministry

St. Therese, model of prayer

St. Therese, model of gospel service

St. Therese, model of the call to holiness

St. Therese, model for loving the Good God


Let us pray,
O Good God, in St. Therese Couderc, you have given the Church a woman for all times and for all souls who hunger for a fullness of life that only you can satisfy. Animate in us the desire for her humble and apostolic spirit, so that we may join her in finding your goodness all around us. Through her intercession may the Church in this new millennium find in her a saint who can teach us how to surrender more of ourselves to you in order to find more of you in ourselves. We make this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ who was the Divine lover she embraced to conform her life to the Divine good pleasure, your Son who lives and reigns with you for ever. Amen.