{"id":29417,"date":"2025-11-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/the-laywoman-whose-mission-helped-lead-to-the-feast-of-christ-the-king\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:00:00","slug":"the-laywoman-whose-mission-helped-lead-to-the-feast-of-christ-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/nieuws\/the-laywoman-whose-mission-helped-lead-to-the-feast-of-christ-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The laywoman whose mission helped lead to the feast of Christ the King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>  <span>null \/ Credit: Courtesy of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dublin, Ireland, Nov 22, 2025 \/ 13:00 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Marthe de Noaillat, called the \u201cApostle of Christ the King\u201d by her biographer, had a singular mission in life that she believed had been entrusted to her: to promote the universal kingship of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarthe was the woman who single-handedly brought this to the Church. This is not unusual, indeed the hard lifting in many of these causes was done by women of profound faith,\u201d Father Bernard McGuckian, SJ, host of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/ewtn.ie\/kingship\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">EWTN Ireland<\/a> television series, told CNA.<\/p>\n<p>De Noaillat was the seventh child in a family of 12 whose parents, Jean-Baptiste Devuns and Anne Z\u00e9lina, were pious Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>After spending seven years discerning a cloistered vocation, de Noaillat was led instead into the heart of the world as a missionary. With the encouragement and approval of Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI, she organized a global referendum aimed at gathering the faithful to acknowledge the \u201csovereign rights\u201d of Christ, meaning that Christ is king over everything, including the entire universe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Marthe de Noaillat was the seventh child in a family of 12 whose parents, Jean-Baptiste Devuns and Anne Z\u00e9lina, were pious Catholics. Credit: Courtesy of the Archives of the Hieron Museum in Paray-le-Monial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her efforts, carried out over six demanding years, helped pave the way for the Church\u2019s solemn proclamation of Christ\u2019s kingship and the establishment of the feast of Christ the King, which was formally instituted by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/pius-xi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Quas Primas<\/em><\/a> in December 1925.<\/p>\n<h2>A life devoted to the kingship of Christ<\/h2>\n<p>Jean-Claude Prieto de Acha, author of a 2025 biography of<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/us01.l.antigena.com\/l\/cP4Cqbp6H6IFA6-hwjQnyXHQqgMyoZhNRAiZQRcIxsgQtLZEoU8dWu8SKYsVZXh8HMhSMgsur70a61nAVtxcDszod73GlXH48pmLCHwslarBQt9UyBjkv_7qPCxIHpvyTiF29*KtwIeHw8HRZ4Kxn2Gim2tlhqtYyHW-ePaU_zHH7-QZtqLQgz0hbPEgLabdFuYQWzJw4j0h5Vz5oFZ__;fg!!GfxeEQ!XQyAT0ShBYgoTWakuSP_5h7aY2fldfDqrzOeZGy_miBAUpIDhKxUtZMW82LWcicKFoHTQHfxkl6JPVQ%24\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> de Noaillat<\/a>, told CNA: \u201cNo trace of the kingship of Christ is found in Marthe\u2019s early writings. On the other hand, St. Joan of Arc was greatly venerated in her family home. The mention of this kingship is very present in the life of St. Joan of Arc, from the exhortation of the archangel St. Michael: \u2018Go, daughter of God! The King of Heaven will help you.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From Joan\u2019s meeting with the Dauphin in Chinon she reportedly said: \u201cI come from the King of Heaven to lift the siege of Orl\u00e9ans,\u201d and \u201cGentle Dauphin, my name is Joan the Maid, and the King of Heaven informs you through me that you will be consecrated and crowned in the city of Reims.\u201d And when she reached Orl\u00e9ans, she said: \u201cI bring you the help of the King of Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Marthe de Noaillat, called the \u201cApostle of Christ the King\u201d by her biographer, had a singular mission in life that she believed had been entrusted to her: to promote the universal kingship of Jesus Christ. Credit: Courtesy of the Archives of the Hieron Museum in Paray-le-Monial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Noaillat wanted to be a nun and entered the convent where, despite numerous health problems, she was determined to take vows. Eventually, however, her poor health became too much, and she left the convent at her mother superior\u2019s instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of her stays at the convent resulted in considerable physical weakness, forcing her to return regularly to her family home to regain her health,\u201d de Acha told CNA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer desire for religious life constantly drew her back to the cloister, but with each new attempt at religious life, her health deteriorated further, and she found herself in such a state of physical decline that when she finally had to renounce this cloistered life, it took her months to stand again. But she remained faithful throughout her life \u2014 even after her marriage \u2014 to her religious vows. Her husband, Georges de Noaillat, attested to this in writing after his wife\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georges also relayed that one of his wife\u2019s superiors in the convent said: \u201cMarthe is not made to live within four walls; it is in the public squares that she must preach\u2026 She had only one thought: to win souls for Jesus Christ.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>De Acha pointed out that it is likely that de Noaillat\u2019s natural eloquence was noticed at the convent \u201cnot during the daily routine of community life, during which silence was imposed, but when she was asked to speak before the sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Marthe\u2019s husband, Georges de Noaillat, who later became Monsignor Georges Noaillat. Credit: Courtesy of the Archives of the Hieron Museum in Paray-le-Monial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marthe and Georges\u2019 relationship was reportedly a happy one \u2014 two zealous servants of Christ in a Josephine marriage, living as brother and sister, with the blessing of their bishop. After their marriage, each continued their work. In 1918, Marthe took up the role of director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/us01.l.antigena.com\/l\/tUMpFzDxk88_EDW*A4_WBftmtnqQU0rhjjprJt6dXtms2nGqr7vWANSnOI72r8fQSATW7Q97D5roNBsedOQ2rUPqHmPkqkq9Xn7Ube-5DPMY0k5OH6rYOCF8RdP4306_qWFaygkdxz2auNwLXgtyK7jALZL69HgmbheYwwy422Shgmha__;fg!!GfxeEQ!XQyAT0ShBYgoTWakuSP_5h7aY2fldfDqrzOeZGy_miBAUpIDhKxUtZMW82LWcicKFoHTQHfxaH2U8rM%24\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hieron<\/a> Museum in Paray-Le-Monial. There she redoubled her efforts in support of the kingship of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>De Acha told CNA: \u201cIt is certain that she knew \u2014 and perhaps felt more keenly than others \u2014 her utter powerlessness to carry out the tasks entrusted to her without the help, support, and inner strength drawn from Eucharistic adoration and daily Communion. Marthe never relied on her own strength; the experience of her profound physical weakness during her attempts at religious life certainly marked her forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Italian Jesuit Father Jean-Maria Sanna-Solaro in 1870 initiated a request to institute the feast of Christ the King. The Congregation of Rites in the Vatican rejected that request.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explaining de Noaillat\u2019s subsequent initial petition to the pope to establish a feast of Christ the King, de Acha explained: \u201cThis initial petition to Rome was merely a personal initiative by Marthe, even though it had been forwarded and thus approved by Bishop Berthoin of Autun. Benedict XV\u2019s response \u2014 a request that would be echoed by his successor, Pius XI \u2014 was therefore legitimate: to establish this feast, the request had to be universal and therefore bear the signatures of bishops from around the world. The head of the Church will only accept the petition on the day it is signed by a majority of the episcopate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally convinced of the support from the faithful, Pope Pius XI let de Noaillat know of his intention to establish the feast in a Mass on the last day of the holy year of 1925, to which she and her husband were invited as guests of honor. The feast of Christ the King is now celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Marthe de Noaillat, called the \u201cApostle of Christ the King\u201d by her biographer, had a singular mission in life that she believed had been entrusted to her: to promote the universal kingship of Jesus Christ. Credit: Courtesy of the Archives of the Hieron Museum in Paray-le-Monial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>De Noaillat\u2019s unexpected death<\/h2>\n<p>Marthe de Noaillat died unexpectedly and suddenly along with her secretary on Feb. 5, 1926, not long after the feast of Christ the King was inaugurated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarthe had her breakfast as usual with the parish priest after Mass in <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.tourisme-paraylemonial.fr\/basilique-et-art-roman\/basilique.html__;!!GfxeEQ!R2mXXLNBnyfn8HDO3eJm0jmZ-zzK40TWAOjZSihVF8sn39uu4ioASrM87NJA43gsZ1PCno1qmE74qA4%24\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Paray Le Monial<\/a> \u2014 the church where the Sacred Heart appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque \u2014 and went back to her office to work,\u201d McGuckian explained. \u201cWhen she failed to return later for lunch as agreed, she was found dead in her office along with her secretary, Jeanne L\u00e9pine; both had succumbed to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt was a tragic and unexpected end to the life of such a remarkable woman. It is hoped now that with the anniversary of the inauguration of the feast day, and 100 years since the publication of <em>Quas Primas<\/em>, that Marthe will receive the recognition that she never sought for herself but which is fully deserved for her devoted and tenacious advocacy for the kingship of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georges de Noaillat, 10 years later, was ordained to the priesthood and died in January 1948.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>null \/ Credit: Courtesy of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles Dublin, Ireland, Nov 22, 2025 \/ 13:00 pm (CNA). 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