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Article: 'Saint Therese is visiting Wormwood Scrubs prison on her tour of England'
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2009
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Isee that Saint Therese is playing the Scrubs in September. Let
me put that another way: I see that the bones of St Therese of
Liseiux will be put on display (inside a fancy reliquary casket) in
the Victorian chapel in Wormwood Scrubs prison, from 15 September,
as part of a tour of several English cathedrals, taking in Liverpool
, Salford, Birmingham, Leeds and York Minster.
If you need reminding, St Therese was a French nun of unusually
soppy and childlike demeanour, known in Catholic circles as The
Little Flower. Idealised paintings tend to emphasise her rosebud
mouth and soft hands, forever clutching blown roses, though
contemporary photographs reveal a tougher-look ...