See two new online films about the life of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin and the family of St. Therese in Alencon
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 03:25PM
Maureen O'Riordan in Louis and Zelie Martin, Louis and Zelie Martin in Alencon, Martin family Martin family home, pavilion

"Louis and Zelie Martin of Alencon" shows scenes familiar to the Martin family in Alencon, interviews in French, and the first film footage of the Pavilion, Blessed Louis Martin's watchtower and walled garden on the outskirts of Alencon.  Until the beatification of Zelie and Louis in October 2008, this property had been closed to pilgrims for decades. 

"The Inauguration of the Martin Family Home in Alencon" films the event in late April 2009 at which Louis and Zelie Martin's house on Rue Saint-Blaise, where St. Therese was born, was reopened to the press after having been closed for restoration.  Most of the film is interviews in French with Mgr. Jean-Claude Boulanger, bishop of Seez, and artists who worked on the restoration.  I thank the diocese of Seez WebTV for permission to post the films. To see them, please visit this page.

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