Reliquary of Saint Thérèse said of the Centenary (began to travel in the year of the Centenary of Thérèse's death in 1997)
Centenary of the Canonization of
Saint Thérèse
SAVE the DATE
2025
October 31 – November 3
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower announces the opportunity to venerate the reliquary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux which is traveling around the world from Lisieux, France, and arriving in San Antonio October 31, 2025.
Little Flower Basilica Presents the
Centenary Reliquary of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
The Traveling Relics of St. Thérèse, the Little Flower, return to San Antonio for the Centenary of her Canonization
San Antonio, TX: The Discalced Carmelite Friars of San Antonio are excited to welcome the Centenary Reliquary of St. Thérèse back to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower from October 31 to November 3, 2025. On October 31, 2025 the Reliquary will arrive at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower (Little Flower Basilica) in San Antonio, TX. The Basilica will be open for exposition of Relics the from November 1-3. Further details, to be announced.
About the Centenary Reliquary: In November 1997, the centenary year of her death, the contents of the Brazilian Reliquary, containing the major part of the relics of St. Therese which until then had remained in Lisieux, were divided into two parts. One part, was left in that Brazilian Reliquary, to remain permanently in Lisieux, the other part was placed in the new one of identical design, made from tropical jacaranda hardwood from South America, to be known as the Centenary Reliquary.
Inserted into this, to hold the Relics, is a solid silver case, dipped in gold – all a present from the people of Brazil. This Centenary Reliquary, now travels the world. In 1999 the Reliquary visited San Antonio, and the then newly declared Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower in the West Side of San Antonio.
This page will be updated as new details are announced.
Last updated September 30, 2024.