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The Town of Le Puy in Early Marist History
Part 1 of 2 Forty years after he heard Mary’s call to form the Society of Mary, Jean-Claude Courveille wrote to Gabriel-Claude Mayet in February 1852. He gave this account of what he “heard” from Our Lady: “Here is what I want. I have always imitated my Divine Son in everything. I followed Him to […]
The Way of St James: France
Le Puy-en-Velay to the Pyrénées, 2 September – 8 October 2019 On the afternoon of the second day of this journey, I was sitting with the owner of a little pub in Monistrol d’Allier where I was staying, watching him peel enormous mushrooms that were the local delicacy, but which looked to me more like […]
The Town of Le Puy in Early Marist History
Part 1 of 2 The Cathedral town of Le Puy, with a population of about 19,000, is 140 km south-west of Lyons. The town is built in the crater of a volcano. Two volcanic plugs — puy, in French – rise over it. The chapel of Saint Michel D’Aguilhe, almost 1100 years old and 630 […]
Pilgrimage
One of the movements that has caught the mood of many Christians of these times has been the pilgrimage to St James of Compostella, Spain. There are a number of starting places for this pilgrimage. One such place is the spectacular town of Le Puy in neighbouring France. Other places of pilgrimage include Jerusalem in […]
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