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St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Carmelite, Virgin Doctor of the Church, Patron of the Missions
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, , whom the Church celebrates on October 1 of each year, is patroness of missionaries and of France. In 1997, Pope St. John Paul II proclaimed her a Doctor of the Church: only the third woman to receive the honor, after Sts. Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila.