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“The art of hospitality is a part of God’s work of love.” – Pope Francis.
Hospitality is a special ministry of the French Province. The RNDMs have a hospitality house (Maison d’accueil) in the lap of mountains, in the western part of the country. It’s called “Abbaye Saint Rambert” and it’s located in a very small town named Saint Rambert en Bugey.
Once, this house was the shelter for more than 500 girls for 30 years who were the children of local women and French soldiers during the war in Indochina. Then this huge property was given (by the Fédération des Œuvres de l’Enfance Française d’Indochine) to the sisters as a sign of gratitude for their selfless service.
This has now been transformed into a hospitality house (well renovated in 2016), where we welcome all kinds of people. People come here for different reasons like religious or personal. We welcome all of them with a warm heart that their stay with us be a memorable one. The community shares meals with them and conversation about different topics. Some guests, who seek spiritual nourishment, join us for the prayers and Mass. There are many who are suffering mentally and or physically so they come to spend some quiet time here with us. The beautiful nature and the calmness of our premises console them. We are always ready to listen to them if they want to share. We give our RNDM witness through our presence, sharing and internationality.
This ministry is very important for us. Here we can welcome our RNDM international groups, our province members, different parishes, priests, religious and many other people from different part of France and the world. Through our sharing many come to know about our missions in different countries. Our presence makes the guests happy. It’s our joy to see them leave with a smile and with the hope of coming back again.
We the five sisters (Sisters Marie Elisabeth, Marie Celestine, Pa Pa Win, Marie Rose and Beauty) from four different nationalities have been missioned here to carry out this special work of the province and there is Father Marcellin, who is our chaplain. Our employees, our volunteers and the newly formed Management Board collaborate well with us for this good mission. We are looking forward to welcoming the RNDM EGC members in November.
French Province
Sister Beauty RNDM
Website:https://abbayesaintrambert.fr/
“Abbaye Saint Rambert” – A special ministry of hospitality in French
