St Therese of Lisieux by Her Sister, Celine Martin – Catholic Art Print St Agnes but only for a moment

but only for a moment

the Duke of Berry’s residence in Paris

Brigid and seven friends organized communal consecrated religious life for women in Ireland and she founded two monastic institutions

I used watercolor and colored pencil to produce this image

The quote is from a short homily given by Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter's Square

St Therese of Lisieux by Her Sister, Celine Martin – Catholic Art Print St Agnes but only for a momentTherese's sister Celine painted this picture in 1925, the year Therese was canonized. As the cause for her canonization had gained momentum in the years before, Celine had been helpful in giving the people of the world a picture of Therese. This paining was based on a 1912 drawing (see above) she had done which she called "the important portrait," the one that was "published everywhere." The gesture of caressing the cross with roses was something