Marie Martha Chambon Servant Of God she was a lay Roman Catholic nun of the Monastery of the Visitation Order who lived in Chambery, France. She is in the process of canonization by the Roman Catholic Church.
She reported visions of Jesus Christ appearing to her and teaching her specific prayers and meditations on His wounds. Some of her prayers have received the imprimatur of Archbishop Albert G. Meyer.
She is known for introducing the Rosary of the Holy Wounds. She reported that Jesus asked her to unite her sufferings with His as an Act of Reparation for the sins of the world. She repored that Jesus told her:
"When you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners, you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief . . . The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."
She died on March 21, 1907, and the cause for her beatification was introduced in 1937.
First buried in the cemetery of Chambéry, the mortal remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were then returned to the Visitation monastery and buried within the Chapelle de Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs. When the monastery was transferred from Chambery to Saint-Pierre d'Albigny (1957), the nuns transferred the body of their holy sister. And when, in 2005, the Visitation of Saint-Pierre d'Albigny had to close and merged with that of Marclaz (near Thonon les Bains), the remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were entombed in the chapel of the monastery.
She reported visions of Jesus Christ appearing to her and teaching her specific prayers and meditations on His wounds. Some of her prayers have received the imprimatur of Archbishop Albert G. Meyer.
She is known for introducing the Rosary of the Holy Wounds. She reported that Jesus asked her to unite her sufferings with His as an Act of Reparation for the sins of the world. She repored that Jesus told her:
"When you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners, you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief . . . The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."
She died on March 21, 1907, and the cause for her beatification was introduced in 1937.
First buried in the cemetery of Chambéry, the mortal remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were then returned to the Visitation monastery and buried within the Chapelle de Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs. When the monastery was transferred from Chambery to Saint-Pierre d'Albigny (1957), the nuns transferred the body of their holy sister. And when, in 2005, the Visitation of Saint-Pierre d'Albigny had to close and merged with that of Marclaz (near Thonon les Bains), the remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were entombed in the chapel of the monastery.
Marie Martha Chambon Servant Of God she was a lay Roman Catholic nun of the Monastery of the Visitation Order who lived in Chambery, France. She is in the process of canonization by the Roman Catholic Church.
She reported visions of Jesus Christ appearing to her and teaching her specific prayers and meditations on His wounds. Some of her prayers have received the imprimatur of Archbishop Albert G. Meyer.
She is known for introducing the Rosary of the Holy Wounds. She reported that Jesus asked her to unite her sufferings with His as an Act of Reparation for the sins of the world. She repored that Jesus told her:
"When you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners, you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief . . . The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."
She died on March 21, 1907, and the cause for her beatification was introduced in 1937.
First buried in the cemetery of Chambéry, the mortal remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were then returned to the Visitation monastery and buried within the Chapelle de Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs. When the monastery was transferred from Chambery to Saint-Pierre d'Albigny (1957), the nuns transferred the body of their holy sister. And when, in 2005, the Visitation of Saint-Pierre d'Albigny had to close and merged with that of Marclaz (near Thonon les Bains), the remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were entombed in the chapel of the monastery.
She reported visions of Jesus Christ appearing to her and teaching her specific prayers and meditations on His wounds. Some of her prayers have received the imprimatur of Archbishop Albert G. Meyer.
She is known for introducing the Rosary of the Holy Wounds. She reported that Jesus asked her to unite her sufferings with His as an Act of Reparation for the sins of the world. She repored that Jesus told her:
"When you offer My Holy Wounds for sinners, you must not forget to do so for the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief . . . The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory."
She died on March 21, 1907, and the cause for her beatification was introduced in 1937.
First buried in the cemetery of Chambéry, the mortal remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were then returned to the Visitation monastery and buried within the Chapelle de Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs. When the monastery was transferred from Chambery to Saint-Pierre d'Albigny (1957), the nuns transferred the body of their holy sister. And when, in 2005, the Visitation of Saint-Pierre d'Albigny had to close and merged with that of Marclaz (near Thonon les Bains), the remains of Sr Marie-Marthe were entombed in the chapel of the monastery.
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