Join us at Little Flower Basilica as we celebrate our 95th Anniversary as a parish serving San Antonio!

Established in 1926, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse Parish was founded by a delegation of Discalced Carmelite Friars who sought refuge in the U.S. from the persecution of the Mexican Revolution. The first Eucharistic Celebration of the new parish took place in a makeshift chapel at the intersection of Kentucky & Zarzamora on April 4, 1926.

Today Little Flower Basilica serves Catholics in the San Antonio area as a traditional parish and people from across the nation and all walks of life as a historical and spiritual landmark. The community of Discalced Carmelite Fathers have long since become their own province and continue to serve parishioners and anyone called to explore the beauty of Carmel.