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The reliquary of Blessed Louis & Zelie Martin, parents of St. Therese, is displayed for the first time after their mass of beatification on Sunday,Oct. 19th, 2008 in the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux. The reliquary was so heavy that they were unable to carry it in procession at the beatification mass. O Sacrum Convivium: "O holy banquet, in which Christ is consumed, the memory of His passion is recalled, the mind is filled with thanksgiving, and a promise is given to us of future glory. Alleluia." Sung by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Concert Choir.

The opening procession and incensing of the altar for Sunday Mass at the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France. The choir is singing "Dieu nous invite a son festin".

Le debut de la messe au carmel de Lisieux celebre par le cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins le 18 octobre, 2008. Beginning of mass in the Carmel de Lisieux, St. Therese's Carmel,celebrated by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, emeritus prefect for the Causes of the Saints.

The video shows the Carmelites in St.Therese's convent in Lisieux singing the Canticle of Mary during Vespers. Filmed on October 15, 2008, feast day of St. Teresa of Avila.

Le petit jardin et l'autel de ste. Therese derriere les Buissonets a Lisieux. St. Therese's little garden and her altar in the backyard of her childhood home, les Buissonets in Lisieux, France.

Les Travailleuses Missionaires chantent l'Ave Maria de Lourdes apres le diner chez l'Ermitage Ste. Therese a Lisieux. The Travailleuses Missionaires sisters lead the pilgrims in singing the Ave Maria of Lourdes after dinner in the St. Therese Ermitage in Lisieux. Filmed during as October 2008 visit for the beatification of Louis & Zelie Martin.

This is a view of the side chapel in Notre-Dame d'Alencon Church where St. Therese was baptised on Jan.4, 1873. The chapel is now dedicated to her. Shown is the baptismal font and her christening gown is displayed on the wall to the left. There was a great deal of noise in the church because the video was filmed shortly before the Pontifical Mass on Oct.18, 2008 celebrating the upcoming beatification of Louis & Zelie Martin in Lisieux the next day. The choir was rehearsing in the background.

This shows the Carmelite nuns from St. Therese's convent in Lisieux, France receiving communion from Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect emeritus of the Causes of the Saints. The chapel had just been reopened in May 2008 after renovation and the nuns' choir is now in front. Cardinal Martins was in Lisieux for the beatification of Louis & Zelie Martins which took place on Sunday Oct. 19, 2008 in the basilica.

Vespers in St Therese's Carmel de Lisieux on Oct. 15, 2008, the feast of St. Teresa of Avila. This section begins with prayer intentions offered; the Therese referred to is St. Teresa of Avila. The Our Father is then sung. With the recent remodeling of the chapel, the nuns' choir is moved to the front of the chapel in the open, not off to the side as before.

During a costumed evening visiting the family possessions of the Martin & Guerin families, Zelie Martin explains her lacemaking business for the point d'Alencon. Uncle Isidore holds up a small square of paper and says it took 60 hours of labor and 9 lacemakers to produce a piece of lace the size of that square. Zelie assembled the pieces of lace into the finished product. This was filmed in Lisieux on Oct. 16, 2008

Uncle Isidore Guerin highlights some possessions belonging to Louis Martin. He mentions Zelie's jewelry, not visible and asks why so little jewelry of Therese remains---because she gave it to the Basilica at Montmartre in Paris to be melted for the monstrance. Some books are mentioned that the family read in the evening such as L'Annee liturgique de Dom Gueranger.He mentions also a sculpture of Louis' hair shaped as flowers, his pocket watch with his childrens' names engraved on it, his coin purse containing an 1873 coin of 5 francs he kept as a remembrance of Therese's birth. Lastly he shows the little traveling bag that Louis allowed Therese to carry on the pilgrimage to Rome. This was filmed on Oct. 16, 2008 during a costumed evening visit to the St. Jacques exhibit hall in Lisieux where possessions of the Martin and Guerin family were displayed.

St. Therese's toys and childhood possessions are displayed in her sister Leonie's former bedroom at les Buissonets in Lisieux.

St. Therese's uncle Isidore Guerin describes the Guerin dining room where he has the Maudelonde cousins seated in his chair and Aunt Celine Guerin's chair. He speaks of little Therese's visits to him where he held her on his knee and told stories of Bluebeard that terrified her. He also mentions and points to an 1894 painting by Celine Martin(not visible in video)of St. John of the Cross, the year she entered Carmel. He explains that Celine painted a lot before and after entering Carmel and that the Carmel of Lisieux has 80 of her paintings. The video was filmed during the costumed evening visit to the St Jacques exhibit hall on Oct. 16, 2008.

Uncle Isidore Guerin shows a gift Louis Martin made for his daughter Therese. Isidore asks the crowd if it is a little music machine, a pencil sharpener, a bobbin for film. It turns out to be a spool for Therese to wind the silk from the cocoons of her silkworms. This was filmed at the costumed evening presentation at the St. Jacques exhibit hall on Oct. 16, 2008 in Lisieux.

Uncle Isidore Guerin demonstrates how the toy bird, belonging to his niece Therese Martin, worked at the costumed candlelit evening in Lisieux at the St. Jacques exhibit hall. October 16, 2008