Distribution of images depicting Thérèse

Thérèse quickly became known for her texts, but also for her images, by depictions of her that were made in Carmel. In the first reactions to Story of a Soul, we read that Thérèse’s first admirers begged for pictures. Already on October 24th, 1898 for example: “I wished to have her picture”, then “What happiness these pictures gave us!” Here is the extraordinary story of Carmel’s response to these requests.