Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway

In the spring of 2013 the relics of St. Therese visited Cambodia.  See the lovely two-and-a-half-minute video (with English subtitles) of their visit to Chomkarcheang Village.  Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh, is seen speaking to the schoolchildren about the relics.  You will see a subtitle that mentions "Smiling Notre Dame Church."  This translation is a reference to a church named for "Our Lady of the Smile," as the statue in the Martin family home before which the sick Therese, age ten, and her sisters were praying when Mary suddenly appeared to Therese, who was cured. 

The Carmel of Phnom Penh was founded from the Saigon Carmel, which was founded from Lisieux.  Bishop Schmitthaeusler, like St. Therese's spiritual brother, is a member of the Foreign Mission Society of Paris.  Please pray for his work and for the Church in Cambodia.