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The childhood toys of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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Les jouets de sainte Thérèse de Lisieux
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Anna Ashkova - published on 03/20/23
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Her childhood toys can remind us that saints are normal people who respond extraordinarily to God’s grace, as St. Thérèse did.

It’s hard to imagine St. Thérèse of Lisieux, universal patroness of the missions, secondary patroness of France, and Doctor of the Church – among other things – being passionate about board games, puzzles, and a yo-yo. And yet her toys, piously preserved at the house of Les Buissonnets where she lived 11 years of her life (from 1877 until her entry into the Carmelite Order in 1898), testify to a happy and quite ordinary childhood.

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