Monastery Newsletter 199
Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
The Carthusians« motto is »the cross stands firm whilst the world whirls’ (Stat crux dum volvitur orbis)…
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Chronique de l’abbaye, mai à juillet 2026
Thursday 30 April: «The King is dying»… And Father Matthieu sets off for Bellefontaine, swapping his post as Master of the Brothers for that of cellarer…
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Chronique de l’abbaye Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine : 11 juillet 2026
Ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong… It is ten o’clock; the great chimes ring out from the abbey bell tower, and the long procession sets off from the sacristy…
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Histoire de l’Église – Les temps mérovingiens : un royaume en morceaux, une Église qui rassemble
Benoît (aged 8), Thérèse (aged 10), Pierre (aged 15) and Sophie (aged 17) are gathered round their father. They want to understand how the barbarian peoples who had conquered the Roman Empire became Christians.
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Le mot du P. Cellérier
From Éditions Sainte-Madeleine, here are two books worth rediscovering…
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