As we prepart to recieve the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux let us also remember her parents Louis and Marie-Azelie Martin who's feast day we celebrate today. 

On Sunday, October 18, 2015, Pope Francis presided at Mass in St. Peter’s Square which included the Rite of Canonization for Sts. Zelie and Louis Martin.  The Martins had been beatified earlier on October 19, 2008.   

The Pope stated in his homily, “The holy spouses Louis Martin and Marie-Azelie Guerin practiced Christian service in the family, creating day by day an environment of faith and love which nurtured the vocations of their daughters, among whom was Saint Therese of the Child Jesus."  They are the first-ever married couple with children to be canonized in the same ceremony.