Near Death Experiences (NDE) are intriguing. Much literature and films talk of people who have experienced near death and testify to having made a passage into the “other world”. What are NDEs about? What to make of them with regard…
Nowadays, in some countries like France, the ritual of the wake, especially at the home of the deceased, seems a morbid practice from the dark ages. Why are wakes ancient history? What is their meaning as far as the Catholic…
Do we have to go to purgatory prior to entering Heaven? A frightful perspective as we imagine purgatory to be a place of tremendous suffering. Yet it is a kind of “patching up” after death. What is it about? Behind…
On EWTN “Women of Grace” on Jan. 03, 04 & 05, 2022. In addition to EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch in December, the shrine was highlighted by Johnnette Benkovic Williams, the famous and popular host of “Women of Grace” TV…
Further to 2 years work and untiring efforts to renew a century of friendship with the USA, and with the unfailing support of Susan Tassone the Holy Souls Champion, the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon, world center of prayer…
The Nuns of the New Alliance, the employees, the volunteers and the chaplains of Our Lady of Montligeon wish you a Merry Christmas and a Holy New Year 2022.
Have we been created for death? On one hand, death revolts us. On the other, if we look at nature, it is obviously part of our world. Is death inevitable and absurd? Or should we consider it differently? Letting my…
We believe and hope that our beloved departed are with God. Why should we therefore bother about their dead and entombed bodies? What is a cemetery? What is the significance of the cross and that of the flowers laid on…
On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. Let us all be in communion and pray for the dead. It is neither too late nor ever useless to do so. On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. For what…