PONCHATEAU, France - The year of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort (January 31, 1673 – January 31, 2023), on April 13, 2023 a final work of art was completed, placed in the Church of Notre Dame du Calvaire, which constitutes an additional element in the construction, ...

MONTFORT SUR MEU, France - Due to the work carried out at the Birthplace, the Mass of the Annunciation of the Lord was celebrated on March 25, 2023 in the parish church of Montfort-sur-Meu.
After communion, Father Jean-Marie HELPA SMM, Pierrette, Brigitte, Michel and Joëlle made the renewal...

CALVARY OF PONCHATEAU, France. On March 27, 2023 the three General Councils of the Montfortian Family as well as three Provincial Councils of France met with the three communities of the Calvary of Pontchâteau to listen to the proposal of the prospective group around the Reflection on the deployment...

PONTCHATEAU, France - On January 28 and 29, the invitation was made to us by Fr. Santino BREMBILLA, SMM to gather together, as permanent diocesan deacons in connection with the Montfortian Family and their wives. It is with joy that those who could, found themselves in Pontchâteau for a first day at Calvary.

PONTCHATEAU, France – On January 15, Sr. Christine PICHERY pronounced her perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Daughters of Wisdom in the Church of Pontchâteau. The Mass was celebrated by Mgr. Laurent PERCEROU, Bishop of Nantes. Sister Christine is French and works at Saint Martin College in Pontchâteau...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France – Brother Claude MARSAUD, FSG, local superior of the international community of the Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre, shares about his joy experienced and his reflections during the Jubilee of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Montfort in his native village on January 29, 2023...

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU, France – Sunday, January 29 was a big celebration for the 350th anniversary of the birth of Father de Montfort. A large attendance filled the Church: parishioners, members of the great Montfortian Family, Hospitaliers who sometimes came from afar, participants of the “Marche Montfortaine”, a large group from Pontchâteau to whom a parish pilgrimage was organized on this occasion...

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU, France January 31, 2023 - Félix Grignion de la Noë (1663-1737), uncle of Saint-Louis-Marie de Montfort, husband of Jacquette Thierry (1663-1714) and then of Françoise Ramaceul (1695-1725), is the heir to the Birthplace of Louis-Marie in Montfort-sur-Meu (Maison Natale). He and his children lived there from 1691...