“I’m Father Mathieu Rey, editorial director of Radio Maria France, based near Toulon, and I’m very happy to discover this sanctuary,” says the priest. For the Feast of All Saints, he came with a small team to broadcast the Mass…
For her birthday, Cécile received a special gift offered by her husband, Bruno: a stay at Montligeon during the Pilgrimages of Heaven. With their friend Jean-Marie, they both volunteer at Radio Maria France. Cecile says: “For a long time we…
“I believe in God and my life is only for God.” Those words from Anne-Sophie, 60, sum up the path she has been traveling since she was young. A mother of three and a grand-mother, she came to the Shrine…
Bp. Pascal Gollnisch, who was invited by the rector of the shrine of Montligeon, came to chair a Sunday Mass in communion with the whole world. This was in 2024 during the Pilgrimages of Heaven. He was delighted to take…
“We came in great numbers, didn’t we!” exclaims Marie-Odile, beaming. She is surrounded by a group of 27 people from Les Mureaux. All share the same goal: praying for the deceased. Together, they form a dynamic prayer group, united in…
Jules Pascal Coly is a priest in the diocese of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Assigned to the Marian shrine of Notre-Dame des Savanes, he is also the diocesan bursar. For the pilgrimages of Heaven 2024, he chose to come to Normandy…
“I didn’t want to come before November 3, because I felt I was abandoning my husband there. With these words, Marie Augustine recalls her visit to the shrine at Montligeon. Every year in November, she travels there to pray for…
“Montligeon represents many things,” confided Bsp Stanislas Lalanne, then Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise. Every two years, he and his diocese came to Montligeon for a pastoral retreat. Over a hundred lay people, priests and clerics took part in these intense…
“I am French although I was born in Vietnam. I am 53. I came to France in 1978 after the Vietnam War.” These words start Thanh’s testimony, who attended the Pilgrimage of Heaven in 2024. His story is marked by…
Every year, large numbers of pilgrims flock to the Notre-Dame de Montligeon shrine to entrust their deceased loved ones to prayer. Gérard, Christine and Myriota are among these faithful regulars. This pilgrimage is not a sad moment for them. Quite…