"A Map of the Way of Confidence and Love of St. Therese of Lisieux," a conference at Mount Saint Joseph Carmelite Monastery in San Jose, California on Sunday, November 12, 2017

The Discalced Carmelite Friars of the Mount Saint Joseph
Carmelite Monastery in San Jose invite you to attend

“A Map of the Way of Confidence and Love
of  St. Thérèse of Lisieux” 

St. Therese in 1889, aged 16
Credit: Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux

a conference by Maureen O’Riordan of Philadelphia,
curator of “Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: A Gateway”

followed by questions and answers

Sunday November 12, 2017  

3:00 p.m.

At the Carmelite Monastery
12455 Clayton Road
San Jose, California

You are invited to stay for Evening Prayer and Benediction with the Carmelites at 5:00 p.m.

 No tickets; no registration
Donations are welcome at the event. 

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Learn about the speaker, Maureen O'Riordan

Maureen O'Riordan

Her journey with St. Therese; selected presentations and publications

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Note:  Maureen will also present three conferences at a retreat day about St. Therese and Sts. Louis and Zelie the day before the above event, on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Santa Clara.  Details here.

Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin to be first spouses canonized as a couple in October 2015

Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, who are to be named saints in October 2015

Cardinal Amato announces that Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, the first spouses in the history of the Church to be declared saints as a couple, will be canonized in October 2015

March 3, 2015.  Zenit.org reported today that Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, has announced that Louis and Zelie Martin will be canonized during the Synod on the Family, which will take place in Rome in October 2015.  No date was reported.  The cardinal spoke during a meeting organized by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV) to emphasize how important sanctity in the family is.  "Thanks be to God, in October two spouses, the parents of Saint Therese of Lisieux, will be canonized.  Saints are not only priests and nuns, but also lay people," the Cardinal said. Please see Zenit's article announcing the canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin. See also Nicholas Seneze's article in La Croix, which states that Cardinal Amato made the announcement on Friday, February 27, and that the recognition of the miracle for Louis and Zelie's canonization has not yet been officially announced by the Vatican.

More about

• Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, their lives, spirituality, and beatification, at "Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux"
• The healing in 2008 of the newborn baby Carmen Perez Pons in Valencia, Spain:
  • "The cure of Carmen: Is this the miracle that will make Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St.  Therese of Lisieux, canonized saints?" - Process opens in Spain to examine "presumed miracle."  by Maureen O'Riordan.  January 20, 2013.
  • "Vatican to investigate "presumed miracle" attributed to Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux.  Will the healing of little Carmen make them saints?" - by Maureen O'Riordan.  May 28, 2013.
  • "Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux a Step Closer to Canonization," by Maureen O'Riordan.  Carmelite Review, Summer/Fall 2013.

• The history of the diocesan inquiry into the "presumed miracle" of the healing of little Carmen, written by the vice-postulator, Father Antonio Sangalli, O.C.D.  May 21, 2013.  Courtesy of the Shrine at Alencon.

• The Web site of the Shrine at Alencon, which receives pilgrims who visit the Martin family home at Alencon (the town where Louis and Zelie lived together; it was only after Zelie's death that the family moved to Lisieux).

• The Web site of the Shrine at Lisieux.  Louis and Zelie were beatified in the Basilica dedicated to their daughter at Lisieux in 2008, and the Shrine at Lisieux promoted their cause.

• For an audio reflection on Louis and Zelie, please listen to the radio show Carmelite Conversations, on which Maureen O'Riordan was a guest to reflect on the lives and spirituality of Louis and Zelie Martin on February 23, 2015.

Listen to a "Carmelite Conversation" about Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin on radio with guest Maureen O'Riordan and host Frances Harry - February 23, 2015

On Monday, February 23, 2015, I had the pleasure of talking with host Frances Harry about the lives of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese, on the radio show "Carmelite Conversations."  Among the topics we explored:

• Why are people drawn to Louis and Zelie Martin today?
• What can we learn from them?
• What were they like as spouses, parents, business owners?
• What challenges did their family face?

Please listen to this conversation, titled "Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux: Witnesses of Hope," online.  Please let me know whether it's useful to you.  Thank you.