Tag Archive for ‘France’
Notre Dame de France
Leicester Square, London. Place of refuge and worship. by the Editor Hidden amid the theatres and thronging crowds of Leicester Square, London, is a Church which is a landmark building and a centre of ministry by the Marist Fathers and their associates. It is the main French language church for the city, but caters for […]
New Eve Tapestry – Notre Dame de France, London
JUNE EDITION – This month we celebrate the recent beatification of Pope John-Paul II, and reflect that we live in an extraordinary age of saints and martyrs. The Editor then gives us a personal tour of a French church in the middle of London’s theatre district. The beautiful tapestry shown here being one of its […]
Our Lady of the Hermitage
A Project without Frontiers (courtesy of “Presence Mariste” a quarterly magazine published by the Marist Brothers of the Hermitage province, no. 264, July 2010, p 26) I came for the first time to Our Lady of the Hermitage in 1975 for a gathering of the Brothers of Catalonia (1). At that time there was a […]
A Convict Saint?
In the early hours of the morning of the 1st October 1957, Jacques Fesch prepared for his execution in a Paris prison. After kissing the crucifix held by the chaplain he went to his death. He was 27 years old. However, the person who died that day was a far cry from the one who […]
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