January 2, 1873 – September 30, 1897

Feast Day: October 1

Patron saint of foreign missions and missionaries, AIDS patients, florists, and sick people

Saint Thérèse (also known as the “Little Flower”) was a Carmelite nun. Her example of piety has made her one of the most influential saints, “[R]emember that nothing is small in the eyes of God.” The only book of hers, published after her death, was her journal, “Story of a Soul.” She was canonized on May 17, 1925, and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II in 1997, the third woman to receive this title.