St. Therese’s Garden Ministry

“Do Small Things with Great Love!”

Often described as a spiritual oasis, St. Therese’s Garden Ministry provides:

• A peaceful place for prayer.
• Tranquil spaces for parishioners.
• A warm, welcoming respite for our friends and neighbors.

The Garden Ministry promotes fellowship, supports the community, and grows holiness in the way of St. Therese, “Doing small things with great love.”

Garden Ministry friends gather to plant & care for the Cathedral’s Courtyard and planters. In addition, we complete a light cleanup of the campus. You certainly do not have to be an experienced gardener to be a part of our ministry. If you enjoy the outdoors and some light physical activity, our ministry may be the right place for you. Typically, we meet on designated Saturdays from 9am and work until 11:00am from early April to late October. Occasionally we will gather throughout the planting season for a special project such as planting annual flowerbeds or seasonal changes to our container gardening.

Interested in the St. Therese Garden Ministry? Please get in touch with Fr. Ton Nguyen at tnguyen@holynamecathedral.org for more information.

“Jesus has been gracious enough to teach me a lesson about the mystery of the differences in souls, simply by holding up to my eyes, the book of nature. I understood how all the flowers God created are beautiful- how the splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not take away from the perfume of the violet or the simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty, and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wildflower. And so it is in the world of souls… Jesus’ garden. He willed to create great souls comparable to lilies and roses, but he created small ones as well… and these must be content to be daisies or violets destined to give joy to God’s glances, when he looks down at His feet. Perfection consists in doing God’s will… in being what He would have us be.”

– St. Therese of Lisieux