The writing-desk of Saint Therese of Lisieux at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, Washington

Saturday, September 14, 2013

"Eight hundred pilgrims venerate the writing-desk
of St. Therese of Lisieux in Seattle"

by Maureen O'Riordan for

"Saint Therese of Lisieux:
A Gateway"

  The first visit of the writing-desk of St. Therese to a cathedral in the United States took place on Saturday morning, September 14, 2013, at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, sponsored by the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, which is coordinating a national mission tour of this writing-desk, and the Seattle Missions Office.  Corrinna Laughlin, Pastoral Assistant for Liturgy at St. James Cathedral, coordinated the event for the Cathedral.  She estimated that about eight hundred people came to pray in the presence of the writing-desk that morning.  See a photo album of the 800 pilgrims venerating the writing-desk of St. Therese of Lisieux in Seattle, Washington.