Books about the Martin family

 

 

"Louis Martin, Father of a Saint" by Joyce Emert

 

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"The Story of a Family is the story of St. Therese's family written by the Franciscan Stephane-Joseph Piat, who was aided by Celine (Sister Genevieve), the last surviving sister of St. Therese.  Written in the style of the 1950s, it contains many fascinating details about the history of the Martin family, their roots in Alencon, and their life at Lisieux.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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 Fr. Piat also wrote Celine: Sister and Witness of St. Therese of the Child Jesus.  He worked closely with Celine (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) toward the end of her life.  The book is rich in details of the intimacy between the two sisters as children and as young girls (Therese called Celine the "sweet echo of my soul"), of their life together at Lisieux Carmel from 1894-1897, and of the happenings at the Lisieux Carmel from then until Celine's death in 1959.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Leonie Martin

Leonie Martin

A Difficult Life Marie Baudouin-Croix Leonie Martin was the least gifted of the four sisters of St. Therese of Lisieux. She was an emotionally disturbed child who suffered and caused anguish in her family. Her mother, the heroic Zelie Martin, suffered most of all. Marie Baudouin-Croix, well-known French poet, has examined Zelie's correspondence with her daughters, her sister, her brother, and her sister-in-law. We see the backward child, the despair of many, who was the first to follow Therese's Little Way. It was only after three valiant but unsuccessful attempts that Leonie was finally accepted by the Visitation Order at Caen. She succeeded in conquering a ootough" temperament, so that by the time of her death in 1941, at the age of seventy-eight, she was regarded as a saint and the convent at Caen was inundated with letters testifying to her posthumous aid. Quality Softcover