Paper given at the ‘On commotions and commodities. Catholic celebrities in 19th and 20th century Europe’ international workshop held on 22nd June at the Ruusbroec Institute, University of Antwerp (part of the ERC-funded Stigmatics project)
Lecture: ‘There’s no doubt – I’m one of the devout’: Fandom and Popular Cults, Sacred and Secular
Guest lecture given on COM 5218 Celebrity and Fan Culture module, Richmond American International University, London, on 16th October, at the invitation of Associate Professor of Communication, Dr Fred Vermorel
Blog: An Angel in the Trenches, A Bestseller in the Shops – Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Commercial Religion and the First World War
The First World War saw some of the richest (and kitschest) pieces of material devotional culture produced by the Carmel of Lisieux
Blog: Jesus of the Potatoes – Saint Faustyna and the Divine Mercy Devotion
Having just waded through all 644 pages of the Diary of Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska (1905-1938), Polish nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and founder of the internationally popular Divine Mercy devotion, I’ve resolved to try to make sense of it in the context of the modern history of popular Catholic culture
The Way: Book Review – ‘Elizabeth of the Trinity: The Unfolding of Her Message’, by Joanne Mosley
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) is not as widely known as her near contemporary and fellow Carmelite, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, but their stories are strikingly similar
Lecture: ‘There’s no doubt – I’m one of the devout’: Fandom and Popular Cults, Sacred and Secular
Guest lecture given on COM 5218 Celebrity and Fan Culture module, Richmond American International University, London, on 24th October, at the invitation of Associate Professor of Communication, Dr Fred Vermorel
Blog: Sainthood never looked so good…
To mark All Saints’ Day, and inspired by the My Daguerreotype Boyfriend tumblr, here are some of the best-looking saints (or potential saints) of the modern Catholic Church
Blog: ‘Voyage excentrique aux Cordillères des Andes’ – Céline Martin, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and a remarkable photograph album
The archives du Carmel de Lisieux have recently launched a new website, putting materials relating to the life and posthumous fame of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux online for the first time. The convent was the saint’s home during the last nine years of her life and its archives have been the guardians of her legacy ever since
Studies in Church History: Céline Martin’s images of Thérèse of Lisieux and the creation of a modern saint
Chapter published in Peter Clarke and Tony Claydon (eds), Studies in Church History 47: Sainthood and Sanctity (Woodbridge, 2011), pp. 376-89
The Guardian, Cif Belief: The nuns who won’t put up with being seen and not heard
In Boston they are resorting to the law to settle a pension dispute – another example of the Catholic church treating nuns shoddily
Sophia Deboick 
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