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Carmelites Mixed 3 days

Retreat for Teams of Our Lady

A weekend to find renewal before continuing your service.

Why a weekend with Teams of Our Lady?

A retreat with Teams of Our Lady is a precious time to renew oneself inwardly, to rekindle the covenant as a couple, and to welcome anew the grace of the sacrament of Matrimony.

This weekend in the company of the Martin family will contribute to this, through times of prayer, teachings, sharing as couples and in mixed teams...

Desiring to be holy is not easy. And yet, is it not what can contribute to the quality of life as a couple and as a family, and allow for a renewal of life in society and in the Church?

Programme

Friday evening

  • 7:00 PM: Dinner
  • 8:30 PM: Opening of the retreat "Desiring to be holy?"

Saturday

  • Time of adoration
  • Breakfast
  • Lauds
  • 1st teaching "Under the sign of encounter and prayer"
  • Sharing in mixed teams "This call to holiness, how do we live it?"
  • Lunch
  • Rosary
  • 2nd teaching "Under the sign of the Covenant: living holiness in family and social life"
  • Snack break - Couple sharing "Toward a family and social holiness"
  • Mass of Saints Louis and Zélie
  • Dinner
  • Prayer vigil (adoration, confession, veneration of relics)

Sunday

  • Time of adoration
  • Breakfast
  • Lauds
  • 3rd teaching "Under the sign of the Offering"
  • Sharing in mixed teams "The Offering"
  • Parish Mass at the basilique Notre-Dame
  • Lunch
  • Couple sharing in view of the renewal of the Covenant
  • Renewal of the Covenant and blessing of couples with the relics of Saints Louis and Zélie
  • Visit to the home of the Martin family
  • 4:30 PM: End of the weekend

Practical information

Couples will be accommodated at the guest house of the Sanctuary's pilgrims.

The suggested offering for the weekend covers the pastoral program, accommodation, and meals.

Getting there

Train

The SNCF train station is less than a ten-minute walk from the sanctuary!

Car

Allow less than three hours from Paris, and about one hour from Caen, Le Mans, and Laval.

Bike

Winding through the Norman Switzerland region, you can reach Alençon by bike!