Married Laypeople · Remembered on July 12

Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin

Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin is remembered on July 12 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	July 12
Title	Married Laypeople
Died	1894
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Monday, July 12, 2027

Life

A watchmaker and a lacemaker of Alençon, both once refused by religious orders, who married and raised nine children — losing four small — in a home of daily Mass, honest work, and open-handed charity. All five surviving daughters became nuns; the youngest was Thérèse. They are the first married couple canonized together.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Monday, July 12, 2027	Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time	Green	Exodus 1:8-14, 22 · Psalm 124:1b-3, 4-6, 7-8 · Matthew 5:10 · Matthew 10:34—11:1
Wednesday, July 12, 2028	Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time	Green	Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 · Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Mark 1:15 · Matthew 10:1-7

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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