These two sisters, daughters of Madame Guerin's sister, were the first cousins of Therese's cousins, Jeanne and Marie Guerin. It was to Celine Maudelonde that Therese, in the summer of 1897, dictated the message: "Tell Celine that . . . God is calling her to be a saint in the world, and He has special plans for her and a special love."