Meet the 2023-2024 new chaplaincy appointed at the shrine of Montligeon

The new chaplaincy is now effective! Fr. don Pierre Gazeau (chaplain), Fr. don Thomas Lapenne (chaplain), Fr. don Paul Denizot (rector), Fr. don Stephane Pelissier (chaplain), Fr. Charles Lenoir (diocesan priest), Fr. don Axel de Perthuis (chaplain) will be in charge of the spiritual facilitation of the shrine of Montligeon for 2023-2024

They will receive you, and offer counselling, tuition, liturgy, sacraments or a guided tour of the basilica…. Our 6 chapelains are available throughout the week and welcome your visit, as individuals or in a group. Thanks to the priests of the Community of St Martin and to the Diocesan priest, Fr. Lenoir, you may partake on a daily basis in Mass, office praying, confession, or merely entrust yourself…

You may encounter them during your visit by taking an appointment beforehand on 0033 2 33 85 17 00. Or by means of our online contact form.

The 2023-2024 chaplaincy team at Our Lady of Montligeon: Fr. don Pierre Gazeau (chaplain), Fr. don Thomas Lapenne (chaplain), Fr. don Paul Denizot (rector), Fr. don Stephane Pelissier (chaplain), Fr. Charles Lenoir (diocesan priest), Fr. don Axel de Perthuis (chaplain).

Don Paul
Denizot, rector

Rev. Fr. (don) Paul Denizot trained as an engineer; was ordained a priest of the Community of Saint Martin in 2009; holds a a canonical license in theology at the Institut Saint Thomas d’Aquin (Toulouse, France); was appointed rector of the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon in 2018; and also teaches dogmatic theology at the Evron (France) formation house of the community of Saint Martin.

Don Pierre
Gazeau

Rev. Fr. (don) Pierre Gazeau is chaplain of the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon. He used to serve at of the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes; and was vicar of the parish of Cellettes, in Sologne.

Don Thomas
Lapenne

Priest of the Community of Saint Martin since 1998, Rev. Fr (don) Thomas Lapenne is a doctor of philosophy. After several years in Italy (Genoa and Rome), he was appointed as chaplain of the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon in 2021. He is a teacher at the seminary of the community of Saint Martin in Evron (France).

Don Axel
de Perthuis

Rev. Fr. (don) Axel de Perthuis was ordained in June 2022 and began his ministry as chaplain of the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon. Prior to becoming a seminarian, he fulfilled his studies at the famous Ecole Polytechnique. Native of Paris outskirts.

Père Charles
Lenoir

Rev. Fr. Charles Lenoir is a priest and diocesan delegate to the consecrated life, and chaplain of Fraternité Pentecôte in the diocese of Séez. Chaplain at the shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon, since 1st Sept. 2023.

Don Stéphane
Pélissier

Rev. Fr. (don) Stephane Pélissier was ordained priest in 1999 for the Community of Saint Martin. After serving as priest and parish priest in several places in France, he was appointed in Montligeon for the year 2023-2024.

Prayer, counselling & confessions schedules

Sundays & Holy Days

09:00 – Lauds
11:00 – Mass
14:30 – Chaplet for the Souls in purgatory
15:00 – Vespers followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Confessions from 15:15 till 16:00

Saturdays

07:30 – Lauds –
08:00 & 11:30 – Mass
17:15– Chaplet for the Souls in purgatory
17:45 – Vespers –
Confessions from 15:30 till 17:30

Mondays to Fridays

07:30 – Lauds
08:00 – Mass
11:30 – Mass
17:15 – Chaplet for the Souls in purgatory
17:45 – Holy Hour
18:45 – Vespers

Confessions from 17:45 till 18:45

* No 8 o’clock Mass on Mondays

Subsequently to the last “Heaven’s Pilgrimages” in November, and until Palm Sunday, weekdays prayer offices and celebrations (Mondays to Saturdays) take place at the Chapel of the Resurrection located at ground level in the main building (“Hermitage”).

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