left for the Marian shrine of Lourdes, wanting to expose the reports of the healings there as fake. At the Lourdes grotto however, he experienced a religious conversion. Félix subsequently published his wife's journal, Journal et pensées pour chaque jour; and due to its favorable reception, a year later in 1918, published some of his wife's letters under the title of Lettres sur la Souffrance. In 1924 Fulton J. Sheen, who would later become an archbishop and popular American television and radio figure, made a retreat under the direction of Fr. Leseur. During many hours of spiritual direction, Sheen learned of the life of Élisabeth and the conversion of Félix. Sheen subsequently repeated this conversion story in many of his presentations. References Sources Duhamelet, Genevieve. Élisabeth Leseur, 1866–1914; le miracle de l'amour chrétien. Paris: Lethielleux, 1959. Leseur, Élisabeth . The Secret Diary of Élisabeth Leseur: The Woman Whose Goodness Changed Her Husband from Atheist to Priest. Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press, 2002. — —. Selected Writings. Ed. and trans. Janet K. Ruffing. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. Maas, Robin. A Marriage Saved in Heaven: Elisabeth Leseur's Life of Love Raoul, Valerie. "Women's Diaries as Life-Savings: Who Decides Whose Life is Saved? The Journals of Eugénie de Guérin and Elisabeth Leseur." Biography 24:1 (Winter 2001): 140-151. MacNeil, JJ. Elisabeth Leseur: Servant of God 1866 births 1914 deaths 20th-century venerated Christians Deaths from cancer in France Deaths from breast cancer French diarists French people of Corsican descent French religious writers French Roman Catholics Writers from Paris French Servants of God Women diarists Women religious writers