Fine reliquary theca with relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Child Jesus), Doctor of the Church

Rectangular glass-fronted frame reliquary housing three relics of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux: first-class ex capillis (of the hair), first-class ex ossibus (of the bone), and second-class ex indumentis (of the clothing). The relics are affixed to a red silk ground profusely decorated by gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in French on a typeset cedula label as Ste. Thérèse de Enfant-Jèsus (Saint Thérèse of Child Jesus). On the back, the reliquary is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a crest of the Discalced Carmelite Order. The reliquary is housed in the original leather-clad silk lined case of issue.

Saint Therese de Lisieux († 1897) popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus," was a Roman Catholic French Discalced Carmelite nun widely venerated in modern times. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, she died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the "simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life". Together with Saint Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". She is a holy patron of Gardens of Vatican City, Missionaries; France; Russia; HIV/AIDS sufferers; radio care-a-thons; florists and gardeners; loss of parents; tuberculosis; and the Russicum; Alaska. Therese was beatified in 1923 and canonized on 17 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI, only 28 years after her death. Her feast day is commemorated on 1 October.