Zelie Martin was the mother of nine children, four of whom died in infancy. In addition to dealing with the death of her children, she had to cope with a great deal of financial stress, family illness, and so on.
She entered a lacemaking school in Alencon as a young adult and in 1851 went into business for herself. She ran that business for seven years before she married and continued to help support her family with her lacemaking income until her death. By the end of her life she had a shop and several lacemakers working for her. She died in 1877 of breast cancer. I'm looking around to see if examples of her own lace are extant and on display somewhere. That is a very capsulized version of her life. Several of her daughters became Carmelite nuns, including Therese, who later was canonized and is a much-loved saint in many parts of the world. I don't know what else to add, really. Sr Claire On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:48 AM, Janis Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > In our yesterday's newspaper, was an article as follows. > Lisieux - The parents of a Catholic Saint were beatified in France > yesterday at a ceremoney attended by more than 10,000 believers. Louis and > Zelie Martin, parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, are said to have miraculous > powers to heal children. They are held up as "true models" for modern-day > families. Louis died in 1894 and Zelie, a lacemaker, died in 1877. > Does anyone know more about this lacemaking saint? > > Lace greetings from Janis Savage in Honeydew, Johannesburg, > where we are appreciating the first rains of summer when the dust settles > and all the countryside suddenly turns green. > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
