Come as a couple
In the footsteps of the first couple canonized together
Come and experience a spiritual journey as a couple at the sanctuary of Alençon in the footsteps of the holy spouses Martin, the first couple canonized together.
At their school, take a time of rejuvenation for your couple where they met, then married and where they had their children. Between professional, social and family life, let yourself be touched by their spirituality and their life with the motto “God first served”.
From engagement to preparation for marriage, to golden weddings and other wedding anniversaries, the sanctuary of Alençon is the place par excellence to come and confide in a couple. It is also a place of listening, welcoming and support for any couple in difficulty. Finally, for any separated or widowed person, it is also the place to be reborn at another stage, or to live in fidelity to their sacrament.
Several proposals
Visit of the Martin House
50 rue Saint-Blaise 61000 Alencon
- November to March: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 14 p.m. to 17 p.m.
- April to October: 9 a.m. to 30 p.m. and 12 p.m. to 14 p.m.
- The house is closed on Mondays (except from June to September), Sunday morning and the month of January.
Office hours
Sainte-Thérèse chapel, 50 rue Saint-Blaise 61000 Alençon
- Mass: Tuesday to Saturday at 12 p.m. (as well as Monday from June to September and only Saturday in January)
- Vespers and adoration, Tuesday to Saturday at 18 p.m. in winter and 18:30 p.m. in summer
- Vigil of compassion and intercession for pilgrims: 1st Friday of the month from 20:30 p.m. to 21:30 p.m.
Wedding anniversary
In any season, as a couple or in the presence of your family and friends, celebrating your wedding anniversary in Alençon in the home of a couple of saints: Louis and Zélie Martin, is perhaps the most beautiful gift you can offer to your couple. To allow you to welcome each other in the best possible way and to accompany you in this process of thanksgiving, do not hesitate to make yourself known.
For your visit to Alençon, you will be given the opportunity to experience mass near the Martin's marital bedroom. If you make yourself known in advance, it can be celebrated for you, you can renew your marriage promises, and you will also be offered the opportunity to be blessed with the relics of the holy Martin spouses. After this time of thanksgiving, you will be able to receive a blessing document from your couple which will formalize your visit to the sanctuary of Alençon. Please also propose an offering in the boxes or at the terminals provided for this purpose. For all this, it is necessary to make yourself known by this form.
The Family of Louis and Zélie
Join the spiritual family of Louis and Zélie, the spiritual union of all the friends of Louis and Zélie Martin: of all those who recognize in them an example of Christian life.
Thus you enter the family of the Martin spouses, becoming their spiritual children and responding to the desire of Saint Zélie: “I wanted to have many children in order to raise them for Heaven. » They then guide you to Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. This is why all the members consecrate themselves daily to the Holy Family.
Some events that may interest you
Valentine's Day Pilgrimage
Celebrate your couple under the gaze of God with Saints Louis and Zélie!
See more
Valentine's Day Pilgrimage (fully booked)
Celebrate your relationship under the gaze of God with Saints Louis and Zélie Martin!
See more
Feast of Saints Louis and Zélie
Join us in Alençon on July 11th and 12th to celebrate Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, ...
See moreIn the footsteps of the Martin family
Discover the places of family, professional and sacramental life of the Martins around the city of Alençon
DiscoverTheir testimonies
Contact the sanctuary
Support the shrine
The generosity of donors helps us carry out the projects of the shrine:
• Spread the message Saints Louis and Zélie Martin and Saint Thérèse
• To welcome a growing number of pilgrims
• Organise about ten events per year at the service of couples, families, people with diverse life realities, and to make them accessible even to the most modest incomes.
