France

FRANCE

Ars - Sorbonne (Paris) and Lisieux

Retreat at Ars - in the subterranean Church

Statue of the body of St Therese of Lisieux whose body rests underneath - in the pilgrim's Chapel of the Carmelite Monastery

Beyond the sanctuary in the Basilica at Lisieux - following Sunday Mass with the Bishop of the Diocese

The - obviously - more recent facade of the Sorbonne University in Parish where St Thomas Aquinas taught

The magnificent facade of Notre Dame - the Cathedral Church of Paris

Part of the original parish church of Ars remains visible from the outside

The present bishop of Ars, Bishop Baynard, built this magnificent diocesan seminary in the 1980s which has gradually expanded -

Morning Mass during the Retreat - the Celebrant is incensing the relics - I think of St Therese of Liseux and St Margaret Mary

The Present

Cassock, Alb and Stole of St Jean Vianney

His Roman Missal

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One of his chasubles, preserved with other vestments

The Incorrupt body of St Jean-Marie Vianney