Venerable and to-be-Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin: Their Lives
See below a four-minute film, "A Pilgrimage Visit to the Alencon birthplace of St. Therese," the home of Louis and Zelie Martin, where their daughter Therese was born on January 2, 1873. Includes their worktables, the room where Therese was born, the chapel, and the garden; English captions. With thanks to Susan Ehlert.
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About Louis and Zelie Martin
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An eight-page conference from "Proceedings of the Second Regional Congress, Discalced Carmelite Third Order." San Francisco, 1974, pp. 21-31.
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mother and father by Christine Frost; "History of a Cure," details of the miracle certified by Pope Benedict XVI on July 3, 2008; an article by Rev. J. Linus Ryan, O. Carm.
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A spiritual newsletter published by St. Joseph de Clairval Abbey in Flavigny
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An eight-minute film showing their Alencon home. Commentary in French about their lives and spirituality. Thanks to CFRT Jour du Seigneur.
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About Zelie Guerin Martin
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from the site of the Irish National Office for St. Therese
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Courtesy of EWTN
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New Oxford Review, October 2001. You may see part of the article; to see it all, purchase or subscribe
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This article, from the "Social History of Medicine," describes the terminal illness of Therese's mother. See the abstract; to see the full text, you must purchase short-term access or subscribe.
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About Louis Martin
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an online biography from the site of the Irish National Office for St. Therese
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Therese's description of her father in "Story of a Soul;" and remarks made about Louis Martin by M. Ducellier, a priest of LIsieux, in 1895 when he preached at Celine's reception of the habit
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