Celine Martin

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Sr. Geneviève de la Sainte Face in the habit of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters

Marie-Celine Martin , religious name Geneviève de la Sainte Face (Genoveva of the Holy Face) (born April 28, 1869 in Alençon , France , † February 25, 1959 in Lisieux , France) was a nun in the Order of the Discalced Carmelites . She was a biological sister of St. Therese von Lisieux and at the same time her co-sister in the Carmel of Lisieux.

Life

childhood

Celine Martin was the seventh child of hll. Zélie and Louis Martin were born in Alençon in Normandy , where they spent the first years of their childhood. After the death of their mother on August 28, 1877, the Martin family moved to Lisieux, where they settled in the Villa Les Buissonnets. From 1877 to 1885, Celine attended the convent school of the Benedictine Abbey in Lisieux as a half-boarder . She showed an artistic talent early on. Among the Martin sisters she had a particularly close relationship with Therese.

Religious life

From 1889 to 1894, Celine took care of her father in Caen . After his death, on September 14, 1894, at the age of 25, she entered the Carmel of Lisieux as a postulant , where her sisters Pauline , Marie and Therese already lived. For clothing, she took the religious name Geneviève de la Sainte Face . Therese was the novice master Sr. Genevièves in the Carmel .

Sr. Geneviève became one of the most important witnesses of her life and her “little way” in the decades after Theresa’s death. Some photos and paintings by Therese, including devotional pictures , were taken or designed by her. In 1952, a book she wrote about her sister's life appeared under the title Conseils et Souvenirs (“Advice and Memories”), which she revised again shortly before her death and which was published in German in 1988.

Works

  • Celine Martin, Therese von Lisieux - memories of my sister . Johannes-Verlag Leutesdorf, Koblenz 2003, 1st new edition, ISBN 3-7794-1486-4

literature

  • Therese von Lisieux, autobiographical writings . Johannes-Verlag Einsiedeln, Freiburg 2003, 15th edition, ISBN 978-3-89411-280-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The little way to Therese von Lisieux . Retrieved October 25, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Celine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Marie-Celine (full name); Holy Face, Genevieve vom (religious name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nun in the Order of the Discalced Carmelites
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Alençon , France
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1959
Place of death Lisieux , France