CARMEL DE LUÇON
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Carmel de Luçon, with renovated and refurbished living quarters with restored cloisters, offering a beautiful space of light and peace
A little history... The Luçon Carmelite convent was founded in 1847 by the Carmelite convent in Nantes, at the request of Monseigneur Baillès, then bishop of Luçon, near the cathedral. The Carmelites have never since left this original location. The sober, classical monastic buildings, built of local stone, were erected between 1847 and 1858. The chapel, for its part, was restored in 1996 and 1997, and offers a beautiful, sober place of meditation, conducive to liturgy and silent prayer, with its Carmelite stained-glass windows and biblical bas-reliefs. More recently, in 2007 and 2008, the living quarters were refurbished and renovated, and the cloisters were restored in 2013 and 2014, offering a beautiful space of light and peace. In 2016, the Luçon Carmel merged with part of the sisters of the Chavagnes-en-Paillé Carmel, which had to close. For reasons of space, not all the postulants were able to settle in Luçon, and some had to join other carmels. The community of nuns living there is no longer able to offer accommodation, but the chapel and services, particularly mass, remain open to those wishing to come and share prayer with the sisters.
Services: Mass at 11:30 a.m. on weekdays and 9:30 a.m. on Sundays. Adoration on Sundays (except the 1st Sunday of the month), from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in winter and from 5pm to 6pm in summer.
Store: open Tuesday to Sunday. Sale of religious articles (icons, etc.), monastic products, CDs and DVDs, gifts, bookshop.
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