Saint Therese arrives in Jerusalem

On March 16, 2011, at 16.30, the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land and a throng of Christians, priests, religious, lay people and many spectators, welcomed the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux to Jerusalem. The relics were carried in solemn procession to the Latin Co-Cathedral at the Patriarchate, where solemn vespers were celebrated. Many thronged to the ceremony to receive the blessing that the relics diffuse wherever they are carried.

The relics of the Little Flower, as she is known, will travel through the Holy Land until May 31.