当德肋撒·马尔丹于1888年4月9日进加尔默罗会修道院时,她年仅十五岁零三个月。为了得到进修道院的特别许可,她顽强地进行了奋斗。特别许可的获得使深感受神召唤的她实现了夙愿。九年后,她因患肺结核病死于修道院内。她的声誉在死后很快就得到了确认。早在1916年,仅仅在她逝世后十六年,教皇庇护十世在谈到德肋撒时,称她是“现代最伟大的圣女”。1923年, When Teresa Mardan entered the Carmelite Monastery on April 9, 1888, she was only fifteen years and three months old. In order to get the special permission of the Abbey, she persevered. She got a long-cherished wish for a particularly divine summon. Nine years later, she died of tuberculosis in the monastery. Her reputation soon after death was confirmed. As early as 1916, just sixteen years after her death, Pope Pius X spoke of Teresa as “the greatest saint of modern times.” In 1923,