Puits de Jacob Welcome Center
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If you are seeking meaning, a time for renewal, or simply curious, the Puits de Jacob community joyfully welcomes you to this vibrant and inspiring place. You will find a space for sharing, prayer, and enriching encounters.
Men or women, couples, families, singles, students and groups, the Puits de Jacob Center is open to everyone just 15 km from Strasbourg.
Retreats organized by the community
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Discover the Puits de Jacob: a place of sharing, spirituality and welcome near Strasbourg
In 1985, the community settled at Maison de la Thumenau, near Strasbourg. This place has become a warm welcome center, where people from different backgrounds come seeking new breath for their lives.
In a spirit of ecology and openness, the house was renovated in 2018, with a large chapel and modernized spaces.
Today, the Puits de Jacob continues to grow. In 2022, the community launched a project to build a new building, in order to welcome even more people, particularly young people in formation and its oldest members.
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A warm and committed spiritual community in Strasbourg and Togo
The Puits de Jacob is a vibrant and welcoming community born from the Charismatic Renewal, officially recognized by the Church in 1995. It brings together men and women, single or in families, who live on-site or elsewhere, all committed to sharing their faith and talents to help others rebuild and find balance in their lives. Their mission comes to life at the Maison d'accueil de la Thumenau, near Strasbourg, where varied activities are offered: moments of prayer, practical workshops in a vegetable garden or park, enriching discussions, and personalized accompaniment.
From the beginning, the community has given special attention to ecology. In 2019, it received the Église Verte label, confirming its commitment to the planet. This spirit of openness and commitment extends beyond borders: in 2002, the Puits de Jacob established itself in Togo, responding to the call of a local bishop. Since then, a medical center and projects for human and ecological development have developed there, in close collaboration with local teams.
At the heart of this community is a profound inspiration: the encounter with Jesus. Each member has experienced his love and forgiveness, which has transformed their lives. They wish to share this joy with others by offering a warm welcome and times of renewal. In everything they do, they seek to help people find inner peace, live healthy relationships, and care for creation.
The Puits de Jacob is also a simple and sincere fraternal life: people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds learn to live together with respect, listening and kindness. This community, deeply rooted in the Christian faith, remains open to all spiritual sensibilities and wishes to create connections beyond traditions.
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What to expect during your stay
The Puits de Jacob community offers you a multitude of retreats so you can find the one that suits you
Different types of activities are offered:
- Retreats of a charismatic nature: retreats for healing, forgiveness and liberation, retreat introducing life in the Spirit, "Nutrition and spiritual life" retreat, retreat following the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius. All these retreats are individually accompanied.
- Weekends on different themes (creation, persevering in giving, contemplative prayer), retreat-work camps to experience simple and fraternal life among young and old.
- Formation weekends: pastoral, biblical, spiritual, led by outside speakers.
- Courses, formation and renewal weekends for professionals, particularly (but not only!) healthcare professionals.
- Specific activities for families and couples (weekends, family Eucharist, retreat-work camps, teen gatherings...).
- Offerings for young professionals or students: discernment weekends, courses to learn to live in the school of the Holy Spirit, studying in nature.
- Individual welcome for a time of reflection, individual accompaniment or not, spiritual discernment, a pause to catch your breath, study time in a pleasant setting and fraternal atmosphere...
For guests: participation in the liturgy, in simple life in the house, possible participation in garden work or other activities according to people's skills and the needs of both the guests and the house.
It is possible to host other retreats, depending on our possibilities and if there is a connection, an affinity with the community and its charism.
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Restored and modern facilities ready to welcome you in a magnificent park
The community is located in a green setting: a park, a pond, a river, as well as a vegetable garden and an orchard welcome retreatants in an atmosphere of silence and calm. Fields, rivers and forest surround the welcome center.
The accommodation is spread across several large, warm houses: each has an oratory.
- la Grange (the Barn, as it is a restored barn) includes a chapel in which offices and the Eucharist are celebrated, as well as 30 rooms including 11 doubles, and 2 with private toilet and shower.
- the community's facilities: 7 guest rooms with private toilet and shower adapted for people with reduced mobility, including one double.
- Several meeting rooms of varying sizes, 3 of which are equipped with video projectors.
Meals are taken in silence during retreats, and in a friendly atmosphere of sharing.
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Geography and activities
Discover Plobsheim: a haven of peace shaped by water at the gates of Strasbourg
We are located slightly away from Plobsheim, a small town situated 15 km south of Strasbourg. With its surrounding orchards, vast agricultural spaces and protected Rhine forest, Plobsheim has maintained a countryside feel at the gates of the big city.
Water, omnipresent, has shaped the face of this former fishing village over the centuries. Numerous waterways, including one flowing through our property, fed by the Rhine and the alluvial water table, cross the village and create all its charm, to the great delight of fishermen and walkers, whether on foot, by boat or canoe.
Various activities and discoveries nearby:
- A 15-minute walk away, immerse yourself in nature by crossing fields and forests to reach the Plobsheim lake, a unique ecosystem in Europe. This place, ideal for water bird watching (over 15 rare species), also offers activities like sailing and other water sports.
- Nearby, discover the Notre-Dame-du-Chêne chapel (15th century), a pilgrimage site, the old Château des Zorn, or the Kempferhof, an elegant 19th-century residence housing a golf course and hotel-restaurant.
- Strasbourg is easily accessible: 25 minutes by car or one hour by bike via the Rhine-Rhône canal. Enjoy its must-sees: the Cathedral, Petite France, the Alsatian museum and much more.
- Just 17 minutes away, Krautergersheim, the sauerkraut capital and the Wine Route await you with their picturesque villages. Further on, Mont Sainte-Odile (45 min) offers a breathtaking view of the Alsace plain.
- Finally, cross the Rhine to reach Germany in 30 minutes and enjoy the Black Forest or a giant ice cream in Kehl.
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