The Mother of the Little Flower
Was St. Therese’s mother herself a saint? Zelie Martin and her husband Louis were declared Venerable by the Church in 1994 for their “Heroic Virtue,” and the couple’s cause is now progressing toward Beatification. Zelie married at 27, bore 9 children—including “the greatest saint of modern times.” She died of breast cancer at 45, but her greatness was recognized by her family and her friends, and is now known to the world.
