In the spring of 2013, I had the joy of finding online the Web site for Sainte-Therese Church in Metz, in northestern France.  From its page about the Martin family, I learned that the relics of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, which, like those of St. Therese, go on tour in a special traveling reliquary, visited Metz at the end of 2011.  I was so moved by the story of the spiritual healing and rebirth that happened, over the lst two years, as a result of the visit.  Since I feel that the reception of the relics at Sainte-Therese Church in Metz is a model for how they might be received almost everywhere, I requested permission to translate the site into English and recreate it on the new site "Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin" in honor of the reception of the gift of the new reliquary containing relics of St. Therese and of her parents which the Magnificat Foundation is giving to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.  Please join me in thanking the people of Sainte-Therese parish for sharing their story of grace, Father Lange for generously granting me permission to translate and recreate the site, and Mary Davidson and Gordon Henry, partners in the apostolate, for translating the documents.
May the people receive such graces everywhere the relics go.