Missouri

A lot more to come on this saint who was known as "the woman who prays a lot". She served in Louisiana, Kansas and Missouri. 

Her shrine is at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, MO.  Learn more about visiting the shrine here. Tours are by appointment only, at least 24 hours in advance.

Fr. Felix was born December 13, 1778 in Piedmont, Italy. He died in St. Louis, MO on October 15, 1820.

Fr. Felix preached at missions and retreats extensively as a priest in Italy. He felt called to English missions, so he learned English. 

In 1815, Fr. Dubourg of the Diocese of Louisiana traveled to Europe to recruit priests for his mission diocese. Pope Pius VII appointed Fr. Felix. One June 12, 1816 he arrived in Baltimore, MD at St. Mary's Seminary, where he stayed with Fr. Brute. He then stayed with Bishop Flaget in Bardstown, KY.

Fr. Felix arrived in St. Louis in 181. He was given land for a seminary at "The Barrens", in Perry County, 80 miles south of St. Louis. He was named master of novices.

His cause for canonization was opened in 1900 by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Read more here. 

Fr. Felix's tomb is at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, St. Mary's of the Barrens Church, in Perryville, MO. More information is here.

Teresia was born on November 13, 1897 in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands She entered the Carmelite convent in Tilburg on October 2, 1917, professing vows on July 2, 1919. In December of 1919 she travelled to America with seven other Sisters, arriving in St. Charles, MO. She became very sick with a severe kidney disease soon after she arrived. She suffered for five years, dying on March 10, 1926 at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

 Her cause for canonization was opened 2010 in the diocese of Roermond, Netherlands. . More to come.  Read more here for now. 

Located at St. Mary's of the Barens Church in Perryville, MO. More information about visiting the Shrine can be found here. You can visit the tomb of Servant of God Felix de Andreis.