The Beatification of
Venerable Zelie and Louis Martin

Icon painted by Paul Orlando for the Parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel in Trieste, Italy.  Displayed on "Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway: with the permission of Fr. Antonio Sangalli, O.C.D.

The Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin

• Louis and Zelie Martin: The Events of Beatification Sunday, October 19, 2008
  

• Louis and Zelie Martin: Press kit for the Beatification

Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin:

Photo Show of Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin

"Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux: their lives and beatification" from Maureen O'Riordan on Vimeo.

Photo Gallery of the Beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin

 shows the same photographs individually. 

• The marriage medallion of Louis and Zelie Martin

• The medallion issued in honor of the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin

• Pietro Schiliro, the baby miraculously cured at the intercession of Louis and Zelie Martin in Italy in 2002

"A pilgrimage to the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin:
Alencon and Lisieux, 2008"
a photo show by Susan Ehlert
with music and captions (7 minutes)

International Sites for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin

• French: the site of the diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux, with much information about the beatification and the lives of Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin.
• The archived site of the diocese of Bayeux, with the schedule of beatification events   Thanks to the Internet Archive.  

• French text of  the homily Cardinal Saraiva Martins gave at Lisieux for the beatification, October 19, 2008, courtesy of the Web site of the shrine at Lisieux.

• French: the site of the diocese of Sees, in which Zelie was born: the shrine of Louis and Zelie at Alencon.

• Italian: the site created by Fr. Antonio Sangalli, OCD, priest-friend of the family of Pietro Schiliro, who was cured by the intercession of the Venerables in 2002.  His testimony and that of the doctors; interview with the Schiliro parents; Italian text of the above-mentioned conference and homily.  [I regret that this site has disappeared from the Web].

The first feast of Louis and Zelie Martin, July 12, 2009

• The first feast of Louis and Zelie Martin is celebrated at Lisieux on July 12, 2009

• Photos of St. Patrick's Church, Columbus, Ohio, celebrating the first feast of Louis and Zelie Martin

Advance publicity about the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin

• The Pope approves the beatification of Louis and Zelie Martin, August 19, 2008, Catholic News Agency

• "Couple to be beatified on Mission Sunday"
  July 13, 2008, Zenit.org

• The first announcement of the beatification in English: "Saturday,  July 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m. EDT:  Venerable Zelie and Louis Martin are to be beatified on Mission Sunday, October 19, 2008, at Lisieux.  Cardinal Saraiva Martins announced it this afternoon when he presided at a Solemn Pontifical Mass at Notre-Dame Church at Alencon in honor of the 150th anniversary of their wedding.  Fr. Linus Ryan, O. Carm., director of the National Office for St. Therese in Ireland, notified me by telephone."

• "Saint's Parents to Get Anniversary Gift"
  July 4, 2008, Zenit.org

• "Miracle Attributed to St. Therese's Parents"
  July 3, 2008, Zenit.org

• "Bodies of parents of St. Therese exhumed in France"
  June 5, 2008, Catholic News Service

• Communique about the cause from Fr. J. Linus Ryan, O. Carm, director of the National Office for St. Therese in Ireland, Summer 2008

• Exhumation of the bodies of Venerable Louis and Zelie Martin, May 27, 2008

• Communique from Fr. J. Linus Ryan, O. Carm., April 16, 2008

• January 8, 2008 - Cardinal Saraiva Martins announces that Louis and Zelie will be beatified later this year.

• Cardinal Saraiva Martins reveals that the parents of St. Therese will be beatified in 2008. January 8, 2008: Zenit.org.
  

• Prayer to obtain graces through the intercession of the venerable parents of St. Therese and for their glorification

• The Venerable Zelie Guerin in a calendar of prospective saints
  Scroll down to 28 August 1877 for important dates in her cause
• The Venerable Louis Martin in a calendar of prospective saints
  Scroll down to 29 July 1894 for important dates in his cause