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"Blessed Louis Martin, the 'incomparable father' of St. Therese of Lisieux: how can he help Christian fathers today?" - a conference and day of prayer at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia on Sunday, March 2, 2014

An Encounter with St. Thérèse of Lisieux
and her parents,
Blessed Louis and Zélie Martin 

Pray in the presence of their relics on Sunday, March 2, 2014
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

   Louis Martin about 1863, aged about 40

“Blessed Louis Martin,
the ‘incomparable father’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux:
how can he help Christian fathers today?”

- a conference by Maureen O’Riordan at 1:00 p.m.

Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 3:30 p.m.
with a special blessing for fathers, grandfathers, and godfathers

Carmelite Monastery                                Bookstore Open
1400 66th Avenue                                     10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
(66th Avenue and Broad Street)               Spiritual books, 
Philadelphia, Pa.                                     children's books, DVDs,
Free parking in monastery lot                  and religious articles.
on 66th Avenue                                        Cash and checks only

Chapel is handicapped-accessible.

 

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Learn more about Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin at the Web site "Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin."

"The role of the child in the Martin family and in the spirituality of Saint Therese of Lisieux," a conference and a day of prayer at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia on Sunday, February 2, 2014

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"The challenge of Christian motherhood: Blessed Zelie Martin and the spiritual formation of children," a conference and a day of prayer at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia on Sunday, January 5, 2014 

Photo credit: Madame F. Besnier

On Sunday, January 5, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia will receive pilgrims who want to pray in the presence of the reliquary of St. Therese of Lisieux and her parents, Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin. At 1:00 p.m. Maureen O'Riordan will present a conference on "The challenge of Christian motherhood: Blessed Zelie Martin and the spiritual formation of children."  The conference will be of special interest to mothers, but will appeal to anyone who wants to get to know Blessed Zelie Martin.  Come for part or all of the day.  Attend the conference, browse in the bookstore (open 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.), pray in the presence of the reliquary, and conclude the day by participating in Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 3:30 p.m.  Consecrate your new year to God through the intercession of the Martin family. 

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The first photo of the reliquary of St. Therese of Lisieux and her parents, Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin, after it was installed at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia

The new "family reliquary," containing relics of St. Therese of Lisieux and of her parents, Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, in its permanent home at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia.  The reliquary has been placed in the shrine of St. Therese in the chapel, in the exact place where the "traveling reliquary" of St. Therese was venerated by an estimated ten thousand people in 1999.  Fittingly, this is also the place where, until 1997, crowds prayed before the portrait of St. Therese painted by her sister, Celine, and given to the Philadelphia Carmel in 1907 by Miss Pauline Wilcox.  In the background is the statue of St. Therese as a Doctor of the Church. November 16, 2013.

Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia: pray in the presence of the reliquary of St. Therese and of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin. Conference and Benediction.

Please begin your Advent by spending some time at the Carmelite Monastery in Philadelphia on the first Sunday of Advent.  I will give a conference about Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin at 1:00 p.m.  Pray in the presence of the reliquary of the Martin family; do some Christmas shopping in the monastery's newly replenished bookstore; and participate in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:30 p.m.  See the details below, and get directions to the monastery.

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