Easter and a Mission

A celebration of Holy Week in a distinctly Eudist style.

We were in Lisieux on March 17th to follow the footsteps of St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus and the Holy Face. The day began in the crypt of the basilica for the Sunday mass, presided by the vicar general of the diocese of Tours (who also brought a group on pilgrimage). Then, we were treated to the life story of Therese by the chaplain of the sanctuary, who conducted our visit to a museum dedicated to her on the grounds of the Carmel convent. After this tour, we visited the Buissonnets house, where she grew up. This was a beautiful opportunity for us to draw closer to this Norman saint and doctor of the Church.

The following week, Camilo Bernal, the superior general, gave us a session on the New Evangelization, using as a departure point the book on the Missions of St. John Eudes by Fr. Berthelot du Chesnay.
 The TSI also had the privilege to participate in the Palm Sunday pilgrimage to Mont Saint Michel with a few hundred students from the dioceses of the Greater West of France.

It was an experience of faith, which consisted in a long hike the day before, to cross the bay of Mont Saint Michel at low tide during the night. There was a real atmosphere of solidarity, fraternity, and collective enthusiasm. Following the example of our ancestors in the faith, who crossed the Red Sea to meet Yahweh on the mountain of the Lord, the people of God continue the long journey of expressing their faith.


The Chrism Mass is a huge Eucharistic celebration where all the priests and deacons of a diocese gather
around the bishop to renew their promises of ordination, as well as their fidelity to the Church. We assisted at this mass with Msgr. Jean-Claude Boulanger in the Cathedral of Bayeux on Holy Tuesday. The oil of catechumens, the oil of the sick and the holy Chrism were consecrated there.

To prepare for the solemnity of Easter, we received a retreat during the Pascal Triduum under the direction of Fr. Pierre Marchand.  
 The TSI was also an active part of the different Triduum celebrations in the parish community of Douvres-la-Delivrande.

Also during Holy Week, we had an experience of mission with the students of the Maîtrise Notre-Dame, a school here in town, where we shared our experiences of Christian life.

On Easter Sunday, we searched the garden of the sisters of Notre-Dame de Fidélité for Easter eggs.

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