Welcome to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
Join us at the Basilica on the first Friday of the month for Eucharistic Adoration and a Healing Mass!
9am to 5pm in the Little Flower Hall
This retreat is in English.
Study and reflect on St. Teresa of Jesus’ “The Way of Perfection”
Grupo de estudio para reflexionar sobre “El Camino de Perfección”
Fiesta Mexicana Purse Bingo in the Little Flower Hall!
Get your tickets here! Tickets $35; Tables $500
The Archconfraternity of the Brown Scapular invites you for a Enchilada Plate Sale!
Tickets: $10
September 15 at the Little Flower School Cafeteria, 905 Kentucky Ave. 78201
Learn about the history of Little Flower Basilica and the lives of some of the Discalced Carmelite saints as depicted through the Stained Glass Collection of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Starting at 1pm
Join us for the St. Thérèse Novena, pray with us daily at the 12 pm Mass, view the daily reflections, and submit your intentions online!
Help the Security Council keep the Basilica grounds clean and safe for the community!
The Transit is a special ceremony that narrates Thérèse’s last conversations before her death. The event is followed by the Vigil Mass for her Feast Day.
Little Flower Administration Office will be closed Tuesday, October 1. Regular hours will resume Wednesday, October 2.
Celebrate St. Thérèse with us on October 1! The Solemn Mass of Roses and reception time TBA.
Join us at the Basilica on the first Friday of the month for Eucharistic Adoration and a Healing Mass.
Study and reflect on St. Teresa of Jesus’ “The Way of Perfection”
Grupo de estudio para reflexionar sobre “El Camino de Perfección”
Join us at the Basilica for The San Antonio Mastersingers’ annual performance of the Shower of Roses concert.
Join us for a day of family fun featuring a holiday market, food, music, and games for the kids, culminating with the drawing for the 2024 Raffle! Starting at 11am at 907 Kentucky Ave.
Help the Security Council keep the Basilica grounds clean and safe for the community!
Join us at the Basilica on the first Friday of the month for Eucharistic Adoration and a Healing Mass!
Join the Basilica in commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, starting off a Novena in remembrance for the souls of those who have died. Click here to submit your intentions!
A special exposition of the first class relics housed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Relics of saints such as St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila), St. Therese of the Child Jesus, and St. John of the Cross. Be sure to pick up a Basilica Treasures pamphlet and learn about each of our relics!
Study and reflect on St. Teresa of Jesus’ “The Way of Perfection”
Grupo de estudio para reflexionar sobre “El Camino de Perfección”
9am to 5pm in the Little Flower Hall
This retreat is in English.
Help the Security Council keep the Basilica grounds clean and safe for the community!
Little Flower Administration Office will be closed November 28 and 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours will resume Monday, December 2.
Join us at the Basilica on the first Friday of the month for Eucharistic Adoration and a Healing Mass!
Starting December 8, offer your intentions with a live poinsettia to beautify the Basilica for Christmas! Poinsettia intentions will be remembered at the 8:30pm Christmas Eve Vigil Mass. Poinsettias accepted before or after all public Masses.
Mass at 12pm
One of the greatest Christian mystics and Spanish poets, doctor of the church, reformer of Spanish monasticism, and co-founder of the contemplative order of Discalced Carmelites.
Little Flower Administration Office will be closed December 24 and 25 in observance of Christmas. Regular hours will resume Thursday, December 26.
Express your devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse
Bring home this Hand-Painted Wood Portable Shrine which was made as a replica of the Altarpieces created for the Discalced Carmelite Friars and their “Little Flower” parishes.
Available in the Little Flower Catholic Store or online for delivery.
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Little Flower School
PreK3 - 8th Grade
For over 95 years, Little Flower School has assisted the Catholic Church in its mission of developing committed Catholics.
Students learn to recognize the love of God in our midst and are challenged to extend his love to those in need, following the example of Jesus and St. Thérèse.
Restoration & Preservation Project
With your loving support, donations, and prayers, the friars have adopted a master plan for the Basilica, monastery, and the entire campus. The adoption of this master plan is an important step towards the realization of the Basilica’s restoration and preservation.
Help us continue St. Thérèse’s mission at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower: making God’s merciful love known and loved to the four corners of the world.
Little Flower Catholic Store
Explore more of Carmel at the Little Flower Catholic Store with books on and by the Carmelite saints.
The Store also carries essentials to live your Catholic faith such as books, devotionals, candles, sacramentals, and more.