Marthe Robin
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Marthe Robin was a French
Roman Catholic
mystic
and reported stigmatist. She became bedridden when she was 21 years old, and remained so until her death. According to EWTN she reportedly ate nothing for many years except receiving Holy Eucharist.
In 1928, she entered the Franciscan
Third order
. In 1936, she founded the Foyers de Charité. This influenced the founders of various communities within the charismatic renewal, including the Community of St. John
, the Emmanuel Community
, and the Community of the Beatitudes
. A diocesan inquiry about her possible beatification
was started in 1986 and forwarded to the Vatican
in 1998.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
mystic
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
and reported stigmatist. She became bedridden when she was 21 years old, and remained so until her death. According to EWTN she reportedly ate nothing for many years except receiving Holy Eucharist.
In 1928, she entered the Franciscan
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
Third order
Third order
The term Third Order designates persons who live according to the Third Rule of a Roman Catholic religious order, an Anglican religious order, or a Lutheran religious order. Their members, known as Tertiaries, are generally lay members of religious orders, i.e...
. In 1936, she founded the Foyers de Charité. This influenced the founders of various communities within the charismatic renewal, including the Community of St. John
Community of St. John
The Community of St. John is a religious order founded by Dominican Father Marie-Dominique Philippe in 1975. The brothers of the community are called "small grays", with refers to their gray coat , with a rosary to the waist...
, the Emmanuel Community
Emmanuel Community
The Emmanuel Community is a Catholic association of the faithful, of Pontifical right, founded in 1976 by Pierre Goursat and Martine Lafitte-Catta, starting from a prayer group, belonging to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.-Aims:...
, and the Community of the Beatitudes
Community of the Beatitudes
The Community of the Beatitudes is one of the "new communities" established in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council in the movement of the Charismatic Renewal Movement. It was founded in France in 1973, and came under the ecclesial authority of the Archbishop of Albi in southern...
. A diocesan inquiry about her possible beatification
Beatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
was started in 1986 and forwarded to the Vatican
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
in 1998.
See also
- Alexandrina of Balasar
- Anne Catherine EmmerichAnne Catherine EmmerichBlessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, mystic, visionary and ecstatic....
- Maria Domenica LazzeriMaria Domenica LazzeriMaria Domenica Lazzeri also known as la Meneghina was an Italian mystic. The cause for her beatification was started in 1943. She was born in in Capriana, Italy but as of 1833 became bedridden most of her life...
- Marie Rose FerronMarie Rose FerronMarie Rose Ferron often called the Little Rose was an American-Canadian Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatist.She was born in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, as the tenth child of a large family which moved to Massachusetts 1906 and then to Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1925, where she lived the...