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

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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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Marie-Estelle Dupond et don Paul Denizot le 26 octobre 2025 à Paris
Bereavement and counselling

Grief is an inner dialogue, says psychologist Marie-Estelle Dupont

Grief affects everyone, sooner or later. Yet, in a society where everything moves faster, where strong performance, faultless success and happiness are highly valued, death is the disturbing element. It stops the flow, shatters our bearings and makes us brutally aware of our vulnerability. We are no longer prepared to

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Faith and teaching

Everything Starts Afresh in Jesus Christ, an Homily by Cardinal Lacroix

Homily by Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix Archibishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada Solemnity of Our Lady Liberator Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Montligeon, France, November 9, 2025“Everything starts afresh in Jesus Christ Qohelet 12, 1-8; Psalm 99 (100) 1-5; I Corinthians 12 12-27; John 2, 1-11 Dear brothers and sisters, Here—today—we are

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L'espérance avec le cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, évêque d’Ajaccio.
Praying for the dead

Hope in the face of Death, with Cardinal François Bustillo

“Praying for a beloved deceased person is a way to love them”, claims Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo in confidence at the end of the Mass of Nov. 16, 2025 at Montligeon. The Bishop of Ajaccio reflects on what hope means in the face of the death of a loved-one and on

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Become a Hope Maker

2023 – 2029 Restoration campaign Our Lady’s basilica, at the outstanding shrine of Montligeon, where one comes and find comfort and hope, is in jeopardy

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Believing in eternal life

The death of a beloved is always cause of much grief. In societies saturated with information, fundamental interrogations relating to the meaning of life, death

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