The Martin family
By discovering the life of Louis and Zélie Martin who lived in the XNUMXth century, we realize that their examples still speak to us today. Indeed, each of us will be able to find ourselves in one or another aspect of their life: desire to consecrate themselves to God, late marriage, torments for the survival and future of their children, Léonie difficult child, economic and professional worries, concerns due to political uncertainties in the country, breast cancer for Zélie, illness causing serious mental disorders for Louis in his old age...
The holiness of Louis and Zélie is a holiness that suits all times, all situations, and all living conditions.
Louis martin
The story of Louis Martin begins in Bordeaux in 1823. The son of a soldier, his early years were marked by mobility. Then the family moved to Alençon where Louis ...
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Zelie Martin
Zélie's story makes her a girl of the XNUMXth century, heiress of her time. Second child of Isidore Guérin and Louise-Jeanne Macé, Azélie-Marie Guérin (we never called her ...
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Therese Martin
Early childhood She was born on January 2, 1873 in Alençon and was baptized on January 4 in the Notre-Dame church. The Martin family often spend their holidays in Lisieux at ...
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Leonie Martin
While Louis and Zélie Martin were canonized in 2015, the process of beatification of their third daughter, Léonie, opens. Indeed, Monsignor Jean-Claude Boulanger, Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux, has ...
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