Blessed Louis and Marie-Zelie Martin!!!

   

Couple Beatified on Mission Sunday, 19th October'08

Louis and Marie-Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, were beatified on Mission Sunday at the Cathedral of Lisieux.

Mission Sunday was celebrated in 2008 on Sunday 19th October.

The news came days after Benedict XVI recognized a miracle attributable to the intercession of Louis and Marie-Zélie Martin. It involved the healing of Pietro Schiliro of Monza, Italy.

Pietro was born in 2002 with a fatal lung malformation. Italian Carmelite Father Antonio Sangalli suggested that the child's parents pray a novena to Thérèse's parents to receive the strength to endure their suffering.

However, Pietro's mother decided to do the novena to ask for her son's cure. When Pietro regained his health, he and his parents went on pilgrimage to Lisieux to thank the Martins.

The Martins were declared venerable, one of the first steps in the sainthood process, in 1994. But despite the active encouragement of Pope John Paul II to move the cause forward, the miracle needed for their beatification was not approved by the Vatican until 3rd July 2008.

Louis lived 1823-1894 and his wife lived 1831-1877. They had nine children, five of whom joined religious orders. It is believed they are the first couple ever to be Beatified at the same time.

Click on the link below to see the Society of the Little Flower website & read about the parents of St. therese.

Little Flower Website

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