Holy Year: the three Jubilee axes!
What is the Holy Year? As early as the Old Testament, we find indicated periods that are moments of thanksgiving for God’s action and love for his people: a JUBILEE. It takes place in the Church every 25 years. The Pope opens it with a special official text, known as the BULLETIN OF INDICTION. This […]
Consecrated Life Day: February 02
On Sunday February 02, on the occasion of the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, we held a special prayer service at our St Rita sanctuary, marking the “Day of Consecrated Life”. The aim was to thank the Lord for the gift of consecrated people and the multiple charisms found in ancient […]
St-Malo Police Academy
The members of the training team from this prestigious school came to visit us to share a fraternal moment and relive the atmosphere they experienced last summer at our establishment. At the beginning of 2024, the French Ministry of the Interior asked us to provide accommodation for more than 85 police students and their supervisory […]
1700 years of the Council of Nicaea: opportunities and challenges for ecumenism
The doctrinal issues addressed by the Council of Nicaea, summarized in the “Declaration of the 318 Fathers”, are above all of ecumenical importance. In it, the Fathers professed their faith in “one God, Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the […]
Jubilee – Plenary Indulgence
His Excellency Mgr. Matthieu ROUGE, titular bishop of Nanterre, has issued a decree specifying that the faithful may receive the Jubilee Indulgence if they visit, individually or in groups, a Jubilee site such as the Sanctuary of Sainte-Rita de Fontenay-aux-Roses. The episcopal decree, signed by the bishop on January 03, 2025, on the solemnity of […]
Epiphany Saturday
FAUSTE DE RIEZ’S EPIPHANY SERMON Water turned into wine: the mystery of the transition from the Old Covenant to the New On the third day, there was a wedding. What are these nuptials, if not the vows and joys of saved humanity, celebrated on the third day, in the mystery of this number which designates […]
Wednesday: prayer at St. Joseph’s!
For the past few years, a group of devotees of the Sainte-Rita sanctuary has been meeting every Wednesday at 4 p.m. to honor the patron saint of the universal Church, the principal patron saint of Canada and the secondary patron saint of the Congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. It’s a powerful moment […]
Confessors at Notre-Dame de Paris
Father François Lapointe omv and Father Guillaume Charbonneau omv have been confessors at Notre-Dame Cathedral since its reopening on December 07. Alternately, one and the other, every Tuesday, when each is assigned to the confessional times, in the morning, from 10am to 12pm. History shows that the Oblates have been confessors at Fontenay-aux-Roses for almost […]
Epiphany Friday
EPIPHANY SERMON BY SAINT MAXIME OF TURIN The mysteries of the Lord’s baptism The Gospel reports that the Lord went to the Jordan to be baptized, and that he wanted to be consecrated in this river to the celestial mysteries. ~ In fact, it’s fitting that after the day of the Savior’s birth – many […]
Epiphany Thursday
COMMENTARY BY SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN It was for us that Christ received the Holy Spirit at Baptism. The Creator of the universe had decided to recapitulate all things in Christ, in a magnificent achievement, and to restore human nature to its first state. He therefore promised to restore to […]