Why are there so many statues of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux in Catholic churches? It also makes sense to include statues of the Blessed Mother, Saint Joseph, and the titular saint of the church. Statues of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Francis of Assisi, and Saint Anthony of Padua are popular with Catholics for good reasons. It was Céline’s painting of her sister that eventually inspired practically every statue of Saint Thérèse that has ever been made. John Clarke, OCD, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1996), xii.