Prière à Marie-Léonie Martin, Sœur Françoise-Thérèse

Marie-Léonie Martin

"La pauvre Léonie", dixit sa maman Zélie

3ème des 9 enfants de la famille Martin

Sœur Françoise-Thérèse, Visitandine

née le 3 juin 1863 à Alençon (Orne)

morte le 16 juin 1941 au Monastère de la

 Visitation Sainte-Marie de Caen (Calvados)

Prière à Sœur Françoise Thérèse

Chère Léonie notre Sœur,

vous êtes déjà intervenue auprès de Dieu en notre faveur, et nous aimerions pouvoir vous prier officiellement, pour que beaucoup vous connaissent.

Venez en aide aux Parents qui risquent de perdre un enfant, comme vous-même avez failli mourir en bas âge.

Continuez à soutenir les familles où les différentes générations ont du mal à vivre ensemble dans la sérénité.

Éclairez les jeunes qui doutent de leur avenir et hésitent à s'engager.

Montrez à tous le chemin de la prière qui vous permit de supporter avec

confiance vos limites, vos difficultés et de vous donner pour les autres.

Seigneur, si telle est Ta Volonté, daigne nous accorder la grâce que nous Te demandons par l'intercession de Ta servante Léonie, et l'inscrire au nombre des vénérables de Ton Église.

Par Jésus, le Christ, notre Seigneur.

Amen.

Imprimatur le 25 Mars 2012

† Jean-Claude Boulanger

Évêque de Bayeux-Lisieux

Les Personnes qui recevraient des faveurs par l'intercession de Léonie Martin, en religion Sœur Françoise-Thérèse, sont priées de les faire connaître au :

Monastère de la Visitation

3, rue de l'Abbatiale

14000 CAEN

France

Vie abrégée de Marie-Léonie Martin, Sœur Françoise-Thérèse

Biographie de Sœur Françoise-Thérèse

Diocèse de Bayeux-Lisieux

"Léonie Martin - Une vie difficile"

Marie Baudouin-Croix

éditions Cerf, février 1989

Prayer for the Beatification of

Sister Françoise-Therese Martin

St. Thérèse's sister

Oh Eternal Father,

Creator of Heaven and Earth and Giver of Life,

Graciously hear my humble prayer.

Thank you for the grace you gave your

daughter Sister Françoise-Therese.

Deign to grant me, according to your will,

the grace of intercession through

Sister Françoise-Therese...

(make your request)

I pray that she may soon be numbered

among your saints so that she may be glorified

by your Church here on earth.

I humbly pray faithfully in your Name.

Amen.

Our Father/Hail Mary/Glory be to the Father

martinsisters.org

Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux

Biography

- June 3, 1863: Léonie is born at Alençon. She is the third daughter in the Martin family.

- May 23, 1875: First Communion at the Church of Notre Dame, Alençon.

- Jun 18, 1877: She accompanies her sick mother to Lourdes along with Marie and Pauline.

- Oct 3, 1881: At the age of 18, she finishes her studies at the Benedictine School at Lisieux where she was a boarder.

- May 13, 1883: Thérèse is miraculously cured by the Virgin Mary in Léonie’s presence.

- Jun 14, 1884: She acts as sponsor for Thérèse at the latter’s Confirmation.

- Oct 7, 1886: While Mr. Martin is still residing at Alençon with his four daughters, she makes a first attempt at religious life by entering the Poor Clares. She stays only two months.

- Jul 16, 1887: She enters the Visitation Convent at Caen at the age of 24.

- Jan 6, 1888: Léonie leaves the Visitation Convent at Caen having stayed for 6 months.

- Jan 10, 1889: She attends Thérèse’s first profession along with her father and sisters Céline.

- Feb 12, 1889: Mr. Martin is admitted to the Bon Sauveur Hospital at Caen where he stays for 3 months. Léonie and Céline visit him regularly.

- Jun 24, 1893: She enters the Visitation Convent for a second time.

- Apr 6, 1894: At her first profession, she takes the name Sr. Thérèse-Dosithée.

- Jul 20, 1895: Having spent two years in the Visitation Convent, Léonie (age 32 years) leaves and goes to reside with the Guérin family at Lisieux.

- Jul 17, 1897: In her last letter to Thérèse, Léonie assures her sister that she will become a Visitation Sister.

- Oct 4, 1897: Thérèse is buried. Léonie leads the mourning.

- Jan 28, 1899: For the third and final time, Léonie enters the Visitation Convent at Caen. She is 35 years of age.

- Jun 30, 1899: Léonie is once more professed at the Visitation Convent at Caen, this time taking the name Sr. Françoise-Thérèse.

- Jul 2, 1900: Final profession at the Visitation Convent.

- Aug 1910: At Bayeux, Léonie acts as a witness for the cause of Thérèse’s beatification.

- Sept 1915: She meets her three sisters at the Carmelite Convent in Lisieux during the Apostolic Process of the cause of Thérèse’s beatification.

- Apr 29, 1923: Sr. Thérèse of the Child Jesus is beatified at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome by Pope Pius XI. Léonie (Visitation Sister) and her three sisters (all Carmelite Sisters) are invited to Rome for the ceremony, but they decline out of a desire to remain faithful to their vocation to the enclosed religious life.

- Jun 16, 1941: She dies at the Visitation Convent at Caen, aged 78 years.

- Mar 11, 1945:

       - The casket containing the relics of St. Thérèse, Patron Saint of France, is brought to the Visitation Convent at Caen, to “salute” the mortal remains of Léonie in the crypt.

       - For about the last 15 years, the Crypt which holds the mortal remains of Léonie has been made accessible to the many pilgrims who come to pray at her tomb.

Source : Shrine of St. Thérèse in Lisieux (Normandy - France), official website