Books : Leonie Martin: A Difficult Life
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by: Marie Baudouin-Croix
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 271.97502
EAN: 9781853902819
ISBN: 1853902810
Label: Veritas Publications
Manufacturer: Veritas Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: December 31, 2004
Publisher: Veritas Publications
Sales Rank: 377827
Studio: Veritas Publications
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Rating: - The "fifth" Martin
Leonie Martin brought much despair to her mother. Leonie was emotionally disturbed and had a "rough" temperment. She caused much anguish in the family. After being diagnosed with breast cancer Leonie's mother worried as to what would become of Leonie after her death. Leonie fought valiantly against her stubborn nature and after three tries succeeded in the Visitation convent. Perhaps in the after life we shall find she was the "greater" saint for having to struggle so hard to conquer herself.
Rating: - An interesting person
Sometimes you hear of a family where all the children are loved and well cared for, and then one other is a sort of persona non grata. I don't think that was exactly the case here -- everyone seems to have loved Leonie -- but there is a definite feeling that she was considered, and must have felt, inferior to her siblings. Her four sisters all became Carmelite nuns in Lisieux, and one (Therese, of course) has been canonized and declared a doctor of the Church. Poor Leonie found her way in a different ... Read More
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