St. Therese Act of Oblation to Merciful Love

Bibliography

The following list is a small selection of books about St. Therese of Lisieux and her spirituality. Those still in print may be found in Religious bookstores or ordered directly from the publishers. Books out of print can be found in libraries, especially in Catholic colleges and universities. Also there is an extended bibliography contained in the Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux published by ICS Publications. The * indicates good initial reading.

*STORY OF A SOUL: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, translated by John Clarke, O.C.D., ICS Publications, 1975, 1976, 1996. (Institute of Carmelite Studies, Washington, D.C.).

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, THE LITTLE FLOWER, a revised translation of her Autobiography and letters, by Rev. Thomas Taylor, P. J. Kennedy and Sons, 1930.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ST. THERESE, "L'Histoire d'une Ame," translated by Ronald Knox, 1958.

THE STORY OF A SOUL, translated by Michael Day, Cong. Orat., Anthony Clarke Books, Wheathampstead Hertfordshire, 1973.

THE MAKING OF A SAINT, by Barry Ulanov, Jonathan Cape - London, 1967.

*THERESE, SAINT OF THE LITTLE WAY, by Frances Parkinson Keyes, Julian Messner, Inc., New York, 1950. (Also known as WRITTEN IN HEAVEN)

THE SECRET OF THE LITTLE FLOWER, by Henri Gheon, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1934.

THE PHOTO ALBUM OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, commentary by Francois de Sainte-Marie, O.C.D., Christian Classics, 1995.

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX - FROM LISIEUX TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD, Pictorial with text by Most Rev. Guy Gaucher, O.C.D., Stasbourg, France - 1995. (English edition) (This may be purchased at Shrine of the Little Flower, Darien, IL.)

*A MEMOIR OF MY SISTER, ST. THERESE, by Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face (Celine Martin), P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1959.

I CHOOSE ALL: A STUDY OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX AND HER SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE, by Sr. Teresa Margaret, Tenbury Wells, England: Fowler Wright Books, 1964.

THE SPIRITUAL GENIUS OF ST. THERESE , by Jean Guitton, Westminster, MD: Newman Press; London: G. Chapman, 1958.

THERESE OF LISIEUX: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE, by Michael Hollings, London, W. Collins & Co. 1981; Ann Arbor, MI, Servant Publications, 1991.

LOVE IS MY VOCATION - THE LIFE OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, by Tom Clarkston, Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, 1953.

MY VOCATION IS LOVE - THERESE OF LISIEUX, by Jean Lafrance, St. Paul Publications, 1961 - Homebush, Austalia, 1990.

*SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE OF ST. THERESE, by Rev. Francois Jamart, O.C.D., St. Paul Publications, 1961.

A LITTLE WAY TO GOD - ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX AND THE SACRED HEART, by Gaston Roberge, S.J., Gujart Sahiya Prakash - Anand, India, 1984.

SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX - A SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE, by Rev. Henry Petitot, O.P., Benzinger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati & Chicago, 1927.

THE IMITATION OF ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS, by Sr. Navantes, Franciscan Herald Press, 1979.

THERESE OF LISIEUX - THE STORY OF A MISSION, by Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1954.

STORM OF GLORY - ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, by John Beevers, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1950.

ST. THERESE AND SUFFERING - THE SPIRITUALITY OF ST. THERESE IN ITS ESSENCE, by Abbe Andre Combes, New York.

THE SPIRITUALITY OF ST. THERESE - AN INTRODUCTION, by L'Abbe Andre Combes, P.J. Kennedy and Sons, New York.

SAINT THERESE AND HER MISSION - THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THERESIAN SPIRITUALITY, by Abbe Andre Combes, M.H. Gill and Son, Ltd., Dublin, 1956.

*THE LITTLE WAY - THE SPIRITUALITY OF THERESE OF LISIEUX, by Bernard Bro, O.P. Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 1982.

SPIRITUAL CHILDHOOD: A STUDY OF ST. TERESA'S TEACHING, by Vernon C. Johnson.

*ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX - HER LAST CONVERSATIONS, translated by John Clarke, O.C.D., Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1982.

*LETTERS OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX - VOLUME I GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1877-1890, translated from the original manuscript by John Clarke, O.C.D., Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1982.

*LETTERS OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX - VOLUME II GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1890-1897, translated from the original manuscript by John Clarke, O.C.D., Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1988.

*SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX BY THOSE WHO KNEW HER: TESTIMONIES FROM THE PROCESS OF BEATIFICATION, translated and edited by Christopher O'Mahoney, Dublin: Veritas Publications, 1975, 1989; Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1976.

COLLECTED LETTERS OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, translated by F.J. Sheed, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1949.

THE POETRY OF SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, translated by Donald Kinney, O.C.D., Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1996.

UNDER THE TORRENT OF HIS LOVE - THERESE OF LISIEUX, A SPIRITUAL GENIUS, by Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, Alba House, New York, 1995.

SHOWER OF HEAVENLY ROSES, by Elizabeth Fiocelli, Crossroad Publishing Company, 2004

A GIFT OF ROSES - THE VISIT TO IRELAND OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX, by Don Mullen, dbmullan@eircom.net, 2001