At 11:23 AM 12/24/00 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Not exactly a lively one but St. Therese of Lisieux
>> struggled long and hard
>> >with her conviction that she had a vocation and
>> finally settled it by
>> >creating a spiritual union with a priest/missionary
>> which enabled her to
>> >feel that through prayer she cooperated with his
>> priesthood.
>
>This is precisely why she is the patron saint of
>missionaries and is in no way a figment of John's
>imagination or a "psycho-spiritual analysis" of
>Therese of Lisieux.
>
>MG
In what document refering to St. Theresa as patron of missionaries, did the
Vatican cite this as a reason for her being made such a patron. Considering
that the Vatican opposes women priests . . .?
Sincerely in Christ,
Br. Alexis Bugnolo
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