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Single mothers: "Louis and Zélie, their life is an encouragement to us"

Louis et Zélie show on RCF

11th January 2025

Marie, a Parisian and single mother of two children, took part in the single mothers' holiday week at the Sanctuary last summer. She looks back on her very powerful experience, on the "tender" welcome and care that allowed her to enjoy the present moment and discover the saintly figures of Louis and Zélie Martin. A figure of a couple who seems out of step for a single mother like Marie, but who revealed herself to the participants, because of the trials they went through and Louis' widowhood, very close to their own situations.

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