Love beyond death
Does love end at death, or can it continue beyond physical separation?How can we go on living after the loss of a loved one? Can we still love the person with whom we shared daily life, intimacy and flesh for…
A Mourning Session for my Wife
Two years after the death of his wife, Daniel decided to take part in the mourning session (Halte Deuil) for his wife. Offered by the Notre-Dame de Montligeon Shrine, these sessions last three days. Driven by a need for healing…
Does Heaven really exist?
One of the lyrics of a song by Michel Berger goes like this: “Je m’en irai courir dans le paradis blanc, loin des regards de haine et des combats de sang” [I will go run across the white paradise, far…
Homily by Bp. Dominique Rey to fathers on pilgrimage at Montligeon
During the pilgrimage of fathers to Montligeon on July 6, 2025, the French bishop Dominique Rey invited participants to meditate on their march of faith as a journey of conversion, humility and perseverance. Braving fears and threats, resisting the easy…
Tony and Janet: a pilgrimage for love
In July 2025, Tony and Janet travelled from Florida to the Shrine Our Lady of Montligeon. A pilgrimage of faith, this day at the Shrine also represents a full-circle moment for them, the achievement of a stage in their journey…
Montligeon’s 2025 mission in the USA
In 1897, Monsignor Paul Joseph Buguet, the founder of the Shrine of Montligeon traveled across the ocean to tour the United States of America. As a result of this mission in the USA, thousands of Americans were enrolled in the…
Love stronger than ever after death
“My wife was hospitalized in July 2024 for a violent toothache. Eventually, the doctor’s diagnosis was a throat cancer. We got married three days before her death. I love her more than ever.” Having experienced this drastic upheaval, Cyril shares…
Attending a Mourning Session for my Son
In June, Josselin attended a mourning session for his son at the shrine Notre-Dame de Montligeon. He lost his son Armand aged five months after a difficult fight against a heart defect at birth. From then on, how the mourning…
Getting prepared for the end of times
Should we get prepared for the end of times? Father Charles Bonin, parish priest and dean of the diocese of Grenoble, answers this question in the light of the Gospel and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In this interview…