The Beatification of
Venerable Zelie and Louis Martin
Icon painted by Paul Orlando for the Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Trieste, Italy. Displayed on "Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway: with the permission of Fr. Antonio Sangalli, O.C.D.
The Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin
Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin:
Photo Show of Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin
"Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux: their lives and beatification" from Maureen O'Riordan on Vimeo.
Photo Gallery of the Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin
shows the same photographs individually. Watch them at your own pace.
The marriage medallion of Louis and Zelie Martin
The medallion issued in honor of the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin
The Miracle That Made Louis and Zelie Martin Blessed
"A pilgrimage to the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin:
Alencon and Lisieux, 2008"
a photo show by Susan Ehlert
with music and captions (7 minutes)
International Sites for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin
French: the site of the diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux, with much information about the beatification and the lives of Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin.
French text of the homily Cardinal Saraiva Martins gave at Lisieux for the beatification, October 19, 2008, courtesy of the Web site of the shrine at Lisieux.
French: the site of the diocese of Sees, in which Zelie was born and in which Louis and Zelie spent their married life..
Italian: the site created by Fr. Antonio Sangalli, OCD, priest-friend of the family of Pietro Schiliro, who was cured by the intercession of the Venerables in 2002. His testimony and that of the doctors; interview with the Schiliro parents; Italian text of the above-mentioned conference and homily.
The first feast of Louis and Zelie Martin, July 12, 2009
Advance publicity about the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin
The Pope approves the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin, August 19, 2008, Catholic News Agency
"Couple to be beatified on Mission Sunday"
July 13, 2008, Zenit.orgThe first announcement of the beatification in English: "Saturday, July 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m. EDT: Venerable Zelie and Louis Martin are to be beatified on Mission Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Lisieux. Cardinal Saraiva Martins announced it this afternoon when he presided at a Solemn Pontifical Mass at Notre-Dame Church at Alencon in honor of the 150th anniversary of their wedding. Fr. Linus Ryan, O. Carm., director of the National Office for St. Therese in Ireland, notified me by telephone."
"Saint's Parents to Get Anniversary Gift"
July 4, 2008, Zenit.org"Miracle Attributed to St. Therese's Parents"
July 3, 2008, Zenit.org"Bodies of parents of St. Therese exhumed in France"
June 5, 2008, Catholic News ServiceCommunique about the cause from Fr. J. Linus Ryan, O. Carm, director of the National Office for St. Therese in Ireland, Summer 2008
Communique from Fr. J. Linus Ryan, O. Carm., April 16, 2008
Cardinal Saraiva Martins reveals that the parents of St. Therese will be beatified in 2008. January 8, 2008: Zenit.org.
The Venerable Zelie Guerin in a calendar of prospective saints
Scroll down to 28 August 1877 for important dates in her cause
The Venerable Louis Martin in a calendar of prospective saints
Scroll down to 29 July 1894 for important dates in his cause
Exhumation of the bodies of Venerable Louis and Zelie Martin, May 27, 2008