This is a photo of Zelie Martin, the mother of St. Therese. She made the delicate Alencon lace, an industry in which she could work in the home and be able to be with her children. She and her husband, Louis, had 10 children but all four boys and one girl died in infancy. All five of the remaining daughters entered the convent, and Therese was the youngest. Because of the holiness of her life and her devotion to God, the canonization process has been started and Zelie has been declared a "venerable servant of God", the first milestone in the process toward a formal declaration of sainthood.