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Chapel of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus — Araçatuba, Brazil

Not long now until the Triduum of St. Thérèse
28, 29 and 30 September · Feast on 1 October

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Bring your petition to St. Thérèse

Throughout the Triduum, a box in the chapel will receive petitions, promises and vows. The community prays over every intention, and they are kept until next year's burning of the intentions.

How to take part

Our community

A neighbourhood chapel, with an open door and a rose in hand

The Chapel of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus stands in Concórdia III, in Araçatuba, Brazil, and it is home to the families who live around it. Here the rosary is prayed, children are prepared for first communion, newcomers are welcomed and those who leave are seen off.

St. Thérèse taught that we do not need to do great things — we need to do small ones with great love. That is the way of our community: the chair set out before Mass, the coffee after the rosary, the car that gives the neighbour a lift. The little way, every day.

You are welcome at any celebration. No need to let us know, no need to know anyone. Just come in.

  • AddressR. Sebastião Guimarães Corrêa, 1574 — Concórdia III, Araçatuba/SP
  • MassSaturdays, 6:30 pm
  • RosaryTuesdays, 7:00 pm
  • Patron saintSt. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, celebrated on 1 October
Coat of arms of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus Chapel
Chapel of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Araçatuba - Brazil
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Every week

Mass on Saturdays

The community's main celebration happens every week, and no invitation is needed. Mass is on Saturdays at 6:30 pm, and on Tuesdays the family rosary gathers those who want to pray in a simpler way.

  • SaturdayMass, 6:30 pm
  • TuesdayRosary, 7:00 pm
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Who the patron saint was

Thérèse, who made small things her way

Devotion to St. Thérèse reached Concórdia III the way faith usually reaches a neighbourhood: through people\'s homes. Before there was a chapel there was a rosary prayed in the living room, a statue passing from door to door, and the promise that one day there would be a place of its own for the patron saint.

Thérèse Martin was born in Alençon, France, in 1873, entered the Carmel of Lisieux at fifteen and died at twenty-four. She founded nothing, travelled nowhere, wrote no treatises — she left a notebook of memories and the promise to let fall from heaven a shower of roses.

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Teresa Martin, de Alençon

Teresa Martin, de Alençon

A caçula de nove irmãos, nascida em 1873

O Carmelo de Lisieux

O Carmelo de Lisieux

Entrou no convento aos 15 anos

O pequeno caminho

O pequeno caminho

Fazer as coisas pequenas com grande amor

A chuva de rosas

A chuva de rosas

A promessa que atravessou o século

The shower of roses

News and miracles

St. Thérèse promised to spend her heaven doing good on earth. Here the Pascom team publishes community notices as well as accounts of graces the community attributes to the intercession of its patron saint.

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From 28 September to 1 October

Triduum and Feast of St. Thérèse

Three nights of Mass and the feast of the patron saint, with a guest celebrant each day. It is the largest celebration in the chapel's calendar — and you are welcome on any of the nights.

  • 28/09 Padre Paiva · 19h30
  • 29/09 Padre Paulo Vendrame · 19h30
  • 30/09 Padre Jefferson · 19h30
  • 01/10 Padre Edgar e Padre Lauro · 19h00 · procession
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Daily life at the chapel

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Photos of the celebrations, notices and behind-the-scenes moments, posted every week by the Pascom team.

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Moments from the community

Missa da Festa de Santa Teresinha

Celebração completa do 1º de outubro

Procissão pelas ruas do Concórdia

A caminhada da comunidade com a padroeira

Terço das famílias na capela

Toda quarta-feira, às 19h30

Quem foi Santa Teresinha

A história da padroeira em cinco minutos

Where we are

In the heart of Concórdia III

R. Sebastião Guimarães Corrêa, 1574 — Concórdia III, Araçatuba/SP, Postcode 16013-303. There is street parking, and the chapel is a few minutes from Avenida Brasília.

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