Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame - Sens
In Burgundy but only 1 hour from Paris, the Sisters and Brothers of the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame welcome you for a time of rest in their beautiful guest house! Come find meaning in Sens!
You can recharge within the community and enjoy the magnificent setting of their guest house and the richness of the nearby city!
Retreats organized by the community
The Sens Guest House, site of a Dominican motherhouse
The Sens Guest House is located in the magnificent site of the motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of the Eucharist, a congregation founded in 1920, on Christmas night, by Father Dominique-Augustin Brisset, a Dominican (1875-1961).
The church and the Notre-Dame de Sens Guest House are the result of an architecture long contemplated by the founder in the trenches of the Great War, then implemented by architect Henri Vidal who drew up the plans. On August 23, 1930, Bishop Chesnelong blessed the first stone. His successor Bishop Feltin consecrated the altars in 1933.
In September 2006, the Dominican Sisters left their Motherhouse in Sens, entrusting it to the Sisters and Brothers of the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame.
The great Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame, or Domini family!
The Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame is a religious family in service to the Church. It was founded in 1946 by Father Lucien Marie Dorne and Mother Marie Augusta in Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier in Ardèche, and is composed of brothers and sisters.
Roped to Our Lady of the Snows with the Immaculate Heart, their first rope leader, the Domini profess the 3 vows of poverty, chastity and obedience following the great tradition of religious life. Responding to the call of the Heart of Jesus, they have left everything to follow Him and imitate Him.
Their mission: to be apostles of Love! To educate hearts in the likeness of the hearts of Jesus and Mary, to help in the spiritual ascent toward holiness:
- Through formation to transmit the faith of the Church and the teachings of the pope
- Through liturgy, times of prayer and participation in divine offices or pilgrimages
- For each age, support to advance in the spirituality of the rope: helping to climb the mountain of holiness through concrete means
- For families, youth, adolescents, children, for everyone!
What to expect during your stay
The family welcomes you in Sens
In Sens, the Famille Missionnaire de Notre-Dame continues the legacy of the Dominican Sisters. The house and the park surrounding it allow them to deploy their charism of educating hearts through different types of hospitality:
- Continuous hospitality year-round
- The February Forum and the July session which gather women and men from all over France each year who desire to receive formation and recharge in a prayerful and familial atmosphere.
- 5-day spiritual retreats, in the spirit of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, adapted to the needs of our time. They take place in silence, meditation and prayer. They are open to everyone, from age 17.
Taking a retreat time within the community
The community welcomes guests into their family, sharing their religious family life with their visitors. The 7-hectare wooded park offers a pleasant space to recharge in nature.
The accommodation capacity of the Sens house is 99 beds. Plenty of room to come with your family, friends, cousins...
Geography and activities
The city of Sens, an emblematic place of Gothic culture!
Take advantage of your spiritual stay in Sens to visit the city, whose historic center is located 15 minutes away!
The Saint-Etienne Cathedral, one of the first churches of Gothic architecture, is definitely worth a visit!
Then stroll through the Moulin à Tan park for a break in nature and finish your visit at the Museum of Art and History which starts from prehistoric and Gallo-Roman times and takes you all the way to Napoleon, with the basement concentrating the remains of ancient Sens!
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