The newly reconstructed St. Joseph's Parish Centre, which includes the St. Therese Church, was blessed during a ceremony on December 14, 2013.

As the Catholic community in Abu Dhabi grew, there was a need for a larger church.

In 2007, a new project was launched to construct a bigger and more modern church, and the reconstruction began in 2013.

The construction of the church was overseen by Parish Priest, Fr.

[2] The Solemn Mass of Blessing for the new St. Therese Church was celebrated on December 14, 2013, by the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, Bishop Paul Hinder, together with the Apostolic Nuncio to the Arabian Peninsula, Archbishop Petar Rajic, and the Apostolic Vicar of the Vicariate of Northern Arabia, Bishop Camillo Ballin, and other priests from various parishes of the Vicariate of Southern Arabia.