The shrine that does good to souls

At Montligeon, we pray and encourage prayer for the deceased.

News of the shrine

Père Daniel-Ange de Maupeou
Chemin d’éternité Magazine

Praying and breathing with Father Daniel Ange

“We are going to take a minute of silence for God, in case He wants to talk to us.” This is how Daniel-Ange remembers his very first family prayer as a child, in front of a grain of incense with the smoke rising towards the sky. In this interview for

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Poète et essayiste, Jacques Gauthier a publié 85 livres, dont son autobiographie En sa présence (2022).
Chemin d’éternité Magazine

In His Presence

Prayer is an inexhaustible source of grace, springing from the depths of the soul created “in the image of God” (Gn 1:26). Whether vocal or silent, it takes many forms: petition, praise, supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, contemplation. Why pray? Prayer stems for a desire, originates in life and takes flesh in

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Soeur Cécile : Marie-Liberatrice
Catholic Radio

Mary Liberator

At the Shrine Notre-Dame de Montligeon, Mary is prayed under the title “Our Lady Liberator”. What does it mean though? Sister Cécile, prioress of the Nouvelle Alliance community, shares her meditation before the statue of Mary, towering above the choir in the church. She sees in her a mother who

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Christophe après la messe des motards du 30 juin 2024.
Motards

A mass for bikers, Christophe’s testimony

“We are a group of about twenty bikers this year. Some are from Alençon, others joined us on the way. We met up in Mortagne and arrived together here at Montligeon.” For Christophe, a motorcycle enthusiast and funeral professional, the bikers’ mass is more than just a rendezvous: it is

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Mgr Gérard Daucourt, évêque émerite de Nanterre
Ascension

Ascension, a Celebration of Hope

“We will never loose those we love because we can love them in He in whom nothing is never lost.” Mgr Gérard Daucourt, Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, gave this homily on May 30, 2025, during the Ascension mass at the Notre-Dame de Montligeon shrine. Brothers and sisters, dear pilgrims of

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Homélie

Palm Sunday homily by Don Patrick Pinard Legry

As we’ve just heard, everything is closing in on Jesus in human terms. From a human point of view, there is no way out. All seems lost. Herod and Pilate, hitherto enemies by virtue of their office, become friends. They band together against Jesus to condemn him. A veritable vise

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Videos

A loved one is dying

A loved one is dying and I can’t be at his (her) bedside… Such a situation causes distress. However, Christian faith offers much hope. We

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After death

What awaits us after death? Hell, purgatory, heaven? Here are three teachings given for All Saints’ Day 2023 by don Paul Denizot, rector of the

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