The Glueckert Files: Thérèse of St. Augustine and Companions | News | Order of Carmelites: The Glueckert Files: Thérèse of St. Augustine and Companions. During the most violent phase of the French Revolution, the so-called Reign of Terror, an estimated 40,000 people lost their lives at the guillotine. A disproportionate number of those were religious sisters and brothers, priests, bishops, and dedicated lay Christians.