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

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2025-10-02 ITW don Valentin Rhonat : la consolation dans la bible pour la revue Chemin d'éternité n°326
Faith and teaching

Consolation in the Bible

Jesus himself wept at the tomb of his friend Lazarus. So what does the Word of God have to say about consolation, about what soothes and lifts us up in the midst of a trial?
We interviewed Don Valentin Rhonat, priest of the Saint-Martin Community, also an exegete and

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Update, life of the sanctuary

Still Believing When Your Heart is Empty

Maryvonne shares her life with us: Her childhood, marked by placements in foster care, a loveless marriage, followed by a most upsetting trial , the death of her son, Martial, aged 18. How can you continue to live and continue to believe, even when you heart is empty? This is

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Conférence de Mgr-Olivier de Cagny le 23 novembre 2025 au sanctauire Notre-Dam de Montligeon
Faith and teaching

The Prayer of the Church for the Deceased

Olivier de Cagny, Bishop of Évreux, explores the meaning of the Church’s prayer for the deceased at the heart of the Mass. Digging into the Eucharistic prayers and the memento of the dead, he shows how the liturgy bears the memory of those who have left this world and entrusts

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Conférence du cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, évêque d’Ajaccio.
Faith and teaching

Repairing Hope – Teaching by Bp. François Bustillo

Conference by Cardinal François Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio,Solemnity of Our Lady Liberator, Sunday November 16, 2025,at the shrine Notre-Dame de Montligeon. As we open this conference, I suggest that we invoke God’s Spirit to ask Him to visit us and open our minds, so that we may know and understand

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Enseignement cardinal Lacroix aux pèlerins du Ciel
Faith and teaching

Cardinal Lacroix’s Lecture “Therefore, Choose Life!”

Lecture given by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix Archbishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Montligeon November 9,2025“Therefore choose Life!” Luke 7:11-17 The theme I’d like to share with you is ” Therefore choose life”. This theme may seem surprising for people who have come to pray for their

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Gilles et Eléonore au sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Montligeon le 18 octobre 2025.
Bereavement and counselling

Finding Solace After the Death of a Child

Following the drowning of their young son Sixte, Éléonore and Gilles told us their story:their shock, their revolt, followed by a slow journey towards peace. The Word of God opened a breach of hope – I am the resurrection and the life – whilst prayer, their close family members’ presence

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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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