Events

At the end of March, the Associates from France, the Sisters at the Mother House and surroundings, and a few members of the CVX Loire-Atlantique, came together for a time of discovery and personal enrichment on a topic of current interest: Accompanying those at the end of life until their last breath. To help us in our reflection, we benefitted from the competence, humanity and humility of Sister Roxane, Prioress of the Augustinian Monastery at Malestroit and that of Dr. Bécuwe, an oncologist for the Palliative Care…

Bethany House, located on the grounds of the Mother House in Saint Jacut, has become (at least on the ground floor) a place to care for children from 0 to 3 years of age. If you want more information in French, you can click on the following link: https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/saint-jacut-les-pins-56220/a-saint-jacut-les-pins-la-congregation-accueille-une-maison-d-assistantes-maternelles-45c3e96e-b040-11ed-af65-84fc37e6e304 Bethany House has welcomed various groups of young, and not so young, people for weekends or longer stays since 1989. They came from the local sector, deanery, diocese, region and even from as far as Paris.  It was…

Last September 21st, we had the joy of welcoming, within our walls, a few residents from the long-term care facility in Carentoir.  They also came to meet some of the sisters in our own facility; this was at the initiative of Beatrice who knew them, being that she was their chaplain for several years. They arrived around noon with their facilitators, There were several of us to greet them and keep them company.  We had a picnic together in one of the rooms of the Mother House:…