Pour servir les nombreux Canadiens qui ont visité "Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux: une porte d'entrée", je suis aujourd'hui l'ouverture d'une double librairie de St. Therese en ligne pour le Canada. Il dispose d'St. Therese propres écrits, de ses biographies, les études de sa spiritualité, des livres sur sa famille, et des albums. S'il vous plait visitez le magasin de Ste. Therese en francais pour Canada.  Ou visiter le magasin de Ste. Therese en anglais pour Canada.  Merci de soutenir ce site Web par utiliser du magasin.

To serve the many Canadians who have been visiting "St. Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway," I am today opening an online bookstore for Canada.  It features St. Therese's own writings, biographies of her, studies of her spirituality, books about her family, and albums.  See English books about St. Therese of Lisieux.  Or see French books about St. Therese of Lisieux.  Thank you for supporting this Web site by patronizing the store.

June 8, 2009 - The first liturgical feast of Blessed Zelie and Louis Martin, the parents of St. Therese, will be celebrated on Sunday, July 12, 2009, the anniversary of their marriage in 1858.  The Shrine at Lisieux has announced a two-day celebration of liturgy, prayer, and  festivities.  Cardinal Tettamanzi, Archbishop of Milan, will preside at a Pontifical Mass in the Basilica of St. Therese, where Louis and Zelie were beatified on October 19, 2009.  See a complete schedule of the liturgies and festivities for the first feast of Louis and Zelie Martin at Lisieux on July 12, 2009.  

For the first time, England and Wales will receive the reliquary of St. Therese from September 16 to October 16, 2009.  To honor this first visit of the reliquary to these English-speaking countries, I have created an area on the site with links to information about the visit and the many catechetical and spiritual events planned to prepare for it.  

As we approach the first liturgical feast of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin on July 12, 2009, I am happy to present my English translation of the Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI declaring them blessed and establishing the feast on the anniversary of their wedding.  I had the joy of hearing this letter proclaimed during the Mass of Beatification in the Basilica of St. Therese at Lisieux.

APOSTOLIC LETTER OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
ANNOUNCING THE BEATIFICATION
OF LOUIS MARTIN AND ZÉLIE GUÉRIN

We,
fulfilling the wishes of our brothers
Pierre Auguste Pican, bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux,
and Jean-Claude Boulanger, bishop of Sées,
and the wishes expressed by many Brothers in the Episcopate
and by a multitude of the faithful,
after having consulted the Congregation for the Causes of Saints,
permit,
by virtue of our Apostolic Authority,
that the Venerable Servants of God
LOUIS MARTIN and ZÉLIE MARIE GUÉRIN,
lay persons, spouses, and parents,
who, strengthened by the sacrament of marriage
and the example of the Family of Nazareth,
have testified to their love for God, for the Virgin Mary,
for the poor, and for the missions,
and consecrated themselves diligently to their children,
among whom we count St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus,
are now to be called Blessed,
and that their feast may be celebrated each year on July 12,
the date of the anniversary of their marriage,
in the place and following the procedures established by law.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Given in Rome, at Saint Peter’s,
October 15 in the year of the Lord 2008,
the fourth year of Our Pontificate.

Benedict XVI, Pope.

translated by Maureen O’Riordan for www.thereseoflisieux.org