Loosing a brother or a sister
"How are your parents?" was the question Amélie heard when her younger brother Dominique died in a car accident. Are you not allowed to be sad and to suffer when you loose your brother?
Category Bereavment
Recovering from grief
Bérangère and Stéphane have both suffered the bereavement of someone close to them. We met them at Montligeon on All Saints’ Day. They talked to us about death and gave us their advice on how to get better after bereavement.…
How can we relate to our deceased?
The physical, sensitive bond with our loved-ones gets violently shattered when they die. When such destructive power hits, what then remains of our ties with the deceased?
The benefits of mass for the deceased
Viviane lost all her siblings, especially her twin brother. She remains the only believer in her family. She recounts how a mass celebrated for her deceased brother brought her peace.
When grief turns to anger
When her son dies of cancer, Josiane is angry. She recounts how she was soothed by a mourning break at Montligeon.
How can we overcome the death of a friend?
Mourning a family member is commonly accepted. This is much less the case when it's a friend. What is the nature of this penalty? Don Thomas Lapenne's answer on RCF's Sanctuaires normands program.
“Beyond death, resurrection” by Cardinal Ambongo
The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, was interviewed by Radio Maria Congo on 12 November 2023. For him, the shrine of Montligeon epitomizes the place where to be in communion with our brothers and sisters who have entered into the great mystery of death.
A space to take mourning into account, interview of Damien Le Guay
Damien Le Guay stresses the importance of experiencing bereavement as a spiritual experience that encompasses both the religious and the psychic. He advocates for opening up spaces in society so that the psychic reality of bereavement can be fully acknowledged.
Why enrol in the Fraternity of Montligeon?
Enrolling people in the Montligeon Fraternity, Adrianna knows all about it! She does regularly enrol in it both the deceased and the living. She tells us why.
A poor man’s heart?
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." The Gospel recommends not to get blinded by material goods but to rather seek prayer and humility instead…