Briefing:
Canonization of St. Therese of Lisieux’s parents
(Vatican
Radio) The French Catholic Bishops Conference held a briefing in the
Vatican’s press Office on Friday to illustrate the figures of Louis and Zélie
Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. The parents of the much-loved
French saint will be canonized on Sunday October 18th during the ongoing Synod
of Bishops on the family. Louis Martin and his wife Zélie will be the
first-ever married couple with children to be canonized in the same ceremony.
Pope Francis issued the decree approving their canonization on June the 27th
during the Ordinary Consistory in the Vatican. In March, the Pope had
recognized a miracle attributed to the French couple. Cardinal Angelo Amato,
Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, has described Louis and
Zélie Martin as “an extraordinary witness of conjugal and family spirituality.”
Married
in 1858, Louis and Zélie had nine children. Four died in infancy while the
remaining five entered religious life. During their marriage, the couple was
known to attend Mass daily, pray and fast, visit the elderly and the sick and
welcome the poor into their home.
Blessed
Louis and Zélie Martin will be canonized alongside two others: Italian Father
Vincenzo Grossi, founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory and
Spanish Sister Maria of the Immaculate Conception, Superior General of the Sisters
of the Company of the Cross.
The
speakers at the briefing in the Vatican included Father Olivier Ruffray, Rector
at the Lisieux Shrine and Father Romano Gambalunga, Postulator of the sainthood
Cause for Louis and Zélie Martin.
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