"Supper with the Martin Family" - Tuesday, October 3, 2023 - Center for Carmelite Studies - Catholic University of America

On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., I will have the honor of speaking on Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, St. Therese's parents, and on the Martin family for the Center for Carmelite Studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. This is part of a series of events the Center is sponsoring in honor of the 150th jubilee of St. Therese's birth and her recognition by UNESCO. Everyone is welcome.

The event will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIbdaFH2Os

Supper begins at 5:45 p.m. This same information is available on the University's Web site at https://cua.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9362223

For the feast of Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, July 12, 2023: their relics and those of St. Therese to visit the United States in September and October

A blessed feast of Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin! This year, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of their daughter, St. Therese of Lisieux, and of the 200th anniversary of St. Louis Martin’s birth, which we celebrate on August 22, 2023, the relics of Sts. Louis and Zelie will visit the United States for the first time, together with the relics of St. Therese, which visited this country once before, in 1999.

The relics will come first to the National Shrine of St. Therese in Darien, Illinois from September 17, 2023 through October 1, 2023 (the feast of St. Therese). They will be available for public veneration. For the details of this visit, cut and paste this URL into your window:

https://www.littleflower.org/learn-about/special-events/2023-st-therese-relics-visit/

Next the relics will go to the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul, from October 3, 2023 through October 15, 2023. From the pastor of St. Therese Parish in Deephaven, Minnesota, I received a schedule for this visit; click on it at https://mcusercontent.com/9b4aea9f9a9fdb3d1e0055f56/files/d937def6-2ddc-a723-9d30-43ce569f5ee3/ST_Therese_Relics_v5.pdf

I hope many of you will be able to pray in person in the presence of the relics of the Martin family.

interview with Fr. Antonio Sangalli, vice-postulator for Louis and Zelie Martin, in 2015

In the meantime, to celebrate the feast, please watch this short conversation in English with Fr. Antonio Sangalli, who was interviewed in 2015 before the canonization of Sts. Louis and Zelie. He says Louis and Zelie lived simply, but were generous to the poor; that, in the face of many tragedies, they continued to trust in God; and that they specialize in helping persons find a boyfriend or a girlfriend; helping couples have children; and helping spouses love each other more every day. May they bless you and your family on their feast day.

"An Encounter with St. Therese of Lisieux," a retreat day at the Carmelite Monastery in Santa Clara, California on Saturday, November 11, 2017

An Encounter with St. Therese of Lisieux

Carmel of the Infant Jesus
1000 Lincoln Street
Santa Clara, California

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Therese Martin aged 15, in April 1888

The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites of Santa Clara invites you to this retreat day. 

Schedule

9:00 a.m.        Registration and coffee

9:30 a.m.        Welcome and Morning Prayer

                        Conference by Maureen O’Riordan

                        "Saints Louis and Zelie Martin,
                        the Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux”

                        followed by Questions and Answers

11:40 a.m.      Free Time

12:00 noon    Conference by Maureen O’Riordan
                       “A Map of Saint Therese’s Way of Confidence and Love”
                       followed by Questions and Answers

1:15 p.m.       Lunch

2:00 p.m.       Conference by Maureen O’Riordan
                      “How Can We Love One Another?  
                       St. Therese’s Practice of Sisterly Love in Her Carmelite Community”
                       followed by questions and answers

                      Personal Prayer

3:45 p.m.     
to 4:30 p.m.  Mass of the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
                      Fr. James Geoghegan,  O.C.D. will preside.

For information, visit http://bit.ly/speakroom 

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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 "A Map of the Way of Confidence and Love of Saint Therese of Lisieux" the day after the above event, on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the Mount Saint Joseph Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite friars in San Jose.  Details here.

"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. 

For information, visit http://bit.ly/speakroom 

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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.