Contents: doctrinal topics (purgatory, four last ends), sacraments, questions/answers, theology lectures/sessions. (“Sacraments” and “Teaching” become sub-headings).
After death, shall we resurrect or reincarnate? Can Christian faith welcome the idea of reincarnation? Intuitively, we feel that the answer is no, since the Christians confess the resurrection of the dead, not the return of a soul into another…
Man is a relational being. He grows with others, he flourishes thanks to them. He suffers with them and weeps because of them. Since ancient times, man has remained a mystery to himself and to his fellow creatures. As Plautus…
What is the use of praying, when we have been praying for years and feel we are not being answered? In the program Sanctuaires normands, broadcast on RCF Orne-Calvados-Manche, Father Charles Lenoir, chaplain at the shrine of Notre-Dame de Montligeon,…
Is there an end to mourning? How can we come to the realization that a loved one is gone without denying their death nor hushing up the pain? Drawing on his experience as a counselor with bereaved persons at the…
“Expectant hope goes much further than just tomorrow morning.” We use the term ‘hope‘ widely when we expect some improvement or some positive outcome. Yet, in the Christian faith, there is a clear distinction between hope and expectant hope. At…
My name is Frédéric Koffi Soklou. I’m a priest from the diocese of Atakpamé, in Togo, West Africa, and I have been a chaplain at the Shrine from October 28 to December 30, 2025. When I arrived at the Shrine,…
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 a chaplain at Mont-Saint-Michel.
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…
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…
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…