Celine Martin–St Therese's Sister – Exclusive Photo Restoration – Catholic Gift – Catholic Art Print
Celine Martin (Sister Geneviève of the Holy Face)Exclusive Photo Restoration It's hard not to feel a friendship for Celine as one gets to know her sister Therese better. They were very close in life, inseparable except for that period when Therese went into the Carmel before Celine did. Even as Therese was dying, Celine was bemoaning their being apart, and Therese told her she would never be even an inch further away than she was at that moment. Celine was the main artist of that artistic family. She was considering going to Paris to study art after Therese went to the convent. A young man had even proposed to her. But she finally chose the religious life. Celine is the one who took most of the photographs of Therese. She did the first edit of Story of a Soul and helped make it a world-wide best-seller. She did a famous painting of Therese and wrote her own memories of her. She curated Therese's reputation, all in a spirit of deep love and devotion, certain that her sister was a Saint