St. Therese of Lisieux's writing desk sits on display in front of a drawn image of the saint holding it in her lap. Credit: Addie Mena/CNA.

Washington D.C., Oct 5, 2013 / 03:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As a weathered wooden writing desk tours the U.S., its drawers stained black with century-old ink, its presence helps bring the faithful closer to the saint who used it to pen “Story of a Soul” –  Thérèse of Lisieux.

Read more about the 2013  tour of the writing-desk of St. Therese in the United States.

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.

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has announced that the little writing-desk of St. Therese of Lisieux will visit the Church of the Nativity in Leawood, Kansas for public veneration on Tuesday, October 8, 2013.  Veneration will begin at 3 p.m. and close at 7 p.m.  A closing prayer service will begin at 7:00 p.m.  There will also be veneration only for elementary and high school children on October 8.