500 people venerate St. Therese's writing-desk in Washington, D.C. on the evening of October 3rd; the writing-desk is present at the International Children's Eucharistic Holy Hour in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013

Friday, October 4, 2013 at 10:17PM
Maureen O'Riordan in Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Story of a Soul, writing-desk of St. Therese of Lisieux

Photo credit: Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States

At least 500 people venerated the writing-desk of St. Therese after the 5:15 p.m. Mass in the crypt of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on October 3, 2013.

• Read the Catholic News Service Story.

• See the photo album of the Pontifical Mission Societies from the evening event.

• See a short story and photo album of the veneration of the writing-desk at the Children's International Eucharistic Holy Hour at the Basilica on Friday, October 4.

Tomorrow the desk returns to the Discalced Carmelite nuns, Therese's own order, at their monastery in St. Louis.

Article originally appeared on Saint Therese of Lisieux (http://www.thereseoflisieux.org/).