“Like sentinels of the Lord,” contemplative nuns in the heart of Paris

[Michie]

Right in the heart of Paris, nuns from the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno lead a hidden life of contemplation.
It’s 7am, Paris is waking up… At the monastery of Notre-Dame de la Présence de Dieu (“Our Lady of God’s Presence”), hymns have been rising since dawn.


Parisians are probably unaware of this, just as they are unaware of the existence of this monastery nestled in the heart of the capital, in the 16th arrondissement. However, once through the doors of the church, both the curious and regular visitors will have the chance to say a momentary farewell to the incessant din of the city world.

A vocation within a vocation​

Continued below.

Contemplative nuns, hidden in the heart of Paris

Right in the heart of Paris, nuns from the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Bruno lead a hidden life of contemplation.

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[RileyG]

I wonder if that was the same monastery we tried to visit in 2015 when I was in Paris. May they intercede for us and the whole world!