LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, France - The trial for the murder of Father Olivier MAIRE, SMM, which occurred on the night of August 8-9, 2021 in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, recently concluded on January 22, 2026, before the Assize Court of La Roche-sur-Yon, in Vendée...

ONTCHÂTEAU, France - We gratefully share the testimony of Father Amílcar José ALVES TAVARES, SMM, of the Portuguese General Delegation, who recounts his sabbatical year spent in the Montfortian communities of France. It was an experience of ongoing formation, community life, and immersion in the roots of the Montfortian charism, lived as a true time of grace...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SEVRE – France. On Monday, November 24, 2024, the assembly of the Montfortian Vice-Province of France took place in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre...

KISANGANI, DR Congo - On Friday, October 17, 2025, two Montfortian confreres, Fathers Jean-Trésor BAFENGO SMM, the parish priest, and Ignace MESSINOU SMM, parish vicar and bursar who is also the bursar of the Entity of Francophone Africa, were the victims of an attack by armed bandits...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - Saturday, August 9, 2025, marked the commemoration of the martyrdom of Father Olivier MAIRE, SMM in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre on August 9, 2021....

PONTCHATEAU, France - The Calvary of Pontchâteau, with its lush green landscape, transports us to the heart of the mystery of our Lord, as Father de Montfort so graciously intended. And it is in this beautiful place today, June 11, 2025, in memory of Saint Barnabas, ...

NOTRE-DAME DU LAUS, France - From January 27th to 29th, as it does every year, the Association of Catholic Shrines held its congress at the Shrine of Our Lady of Laus in this holy year of the Jubilee of 2025. This congress took place under the theme: Shrine: Place of Consolation, with the participation of more than a hundred people from various backgrounds in France and elsewhere....

MONTFORT-sur-MEU, France - On the occasion of the 352nd anniversary of the birth of Saint Louis-Marie-Grignion de Montfort, born January 31, 1673 in Montfort-la-Cane, today Montfort-sur-Meu, the parish of Saint-Louis-Marie in Brocéliande with the Congregation of Montfort Missionaries and the Montfort Marian Fraternity organized 3 days of prayers and festivities in Montfort-sur-meu from January 31 to February 2....