The Faithful Mother Was Central Force Behind Robert Prevost's Vocation
NyTimes.com published a profile of the mother of Leo XIV on May 11.
- Mildred Agnes Martinez, the youngest daughter in a large Catholic family, graduated from high school in Chicago in 1929.
- Friends called her Millie.
- She earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1947 and attended graduate school at DePaul University, an academic path that was unusual for women at the time.
- When she was in her mid-30s, she married Louis Prevost. He was eight years her junior. They had three boys in just over four years.
- She was a gifted singer and once recorded her own version of "Ave Maria".
- In 1952, she attended a meeting on "The Catholic Woman in the Professional World," years before such titles became commonplace.
- The Catholic faith was her lifelong conviction and made her a central force in her youngest child's path to the priesthood.
- It was clear from the time he was a young boy that Robert Prevost would become a priest, according to his family.
- The parents "gave him a lot of …More
Beautiful!
Frank Walker of Canon212 describes this article in his headline as saying Leo's mother was a feminist. He has lost the plot and is seeing a Francis under every stone and behind every tree.
Leo's mother had a college degree, married late (mid-30s) to a man eight years her junior, and gave birth to three boys. Canon212 calls her "slippery." Why?