{"id":1149,"date":"2026-03-12T13:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/?page_id=1149"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:52:39","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/en\/monastere\/qui-nous-sommes\/","title":{"rendered":"About the monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1149\" class=\"elementor elementor-1149\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd0a782 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd0a782\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f767fdf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f767fdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395c93a5 e-grid e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"395c93a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-437f52e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"437f52e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/a_propos_de_nous-rkernpkshtymsil8x682euzkg1dxv5tkxbz3g844jk.webp\" title=\"about_us\" alt=\"about_us\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5341654b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5341654b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6408a4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6408a4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32008af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32008af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I'd say a visit is worth a thousand images, so the best way to find out what's going on at Val Notre-Dame Abbey is to come and see! But let's be serious. You've got a busy schedule and you'd like a quick summary of our way of life?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef24cbc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ef24cbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d894da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d894da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Find out more<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766b805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"766b805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you'd like to find out more, or simply get in touch with us, you can write to us at the following address:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65c8ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e65c8ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:communaute.vnd@gmail.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d8c85 e-grid e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99d8c85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e3ef0b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e3ef0b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9939e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9939e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Silence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2085409 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2085409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Life in our time tends to be noisy. Sometimes we wonder how to create spaces of silence, if only to hear ourselves think a little... Here, in the heart of the forest, we manage to hear the silence! And even though we can always run away from it, as a community we help each other to keep it. It's scary at first, but soon you can't live without it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc90dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7fc90dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71bcb8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71bcb8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Balance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44553755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44553755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our life as monks tends towards balance. It's more a goal to aspire to than an achievement to keep! But over the last 900 years or so, we've developed a good formula. A bit of work, a bit of prayer, healthy food, a well-organized schedule, reading, free time for sport, art or other passions, all lived in a climate of fraternal respect and calm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1602c86f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1602c86f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/salle-rm0abqdtkx3x8x8l6qiqxfpjote0bzf8rzjij6y6m8.webp\" title=\"room\" alt=\"room\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b499f93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b499f93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bb544 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17bb544\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a4d660 e-grid e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a4d660\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47bbb5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47bbb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/nature-scaled-rm0adfhbx5fk7kru9yxhxiaiav0v8b5sody2q6flds.webp\" title=\"nature\" alt=\"nature\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d65b6ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d65b6ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1feccd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1feccd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0669d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0669d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Is there anything that recharges the batteries like a walk in the forest? Here, the forest is everywhere, even in the Abbey. We've preserved an area of vegetation in the center of the complex, called the pr\u00e9au. Everywhere, there are large windows that give the impression of living outside, the cells have little balconies overlooking the forest, and the roofs are covered with grass! In our free time, we can stroll the trails, climb Mount St. Joseph, walk along the banks of the Assomption River... We have a lot of land, and it's a good reflection of the inner freedom that comes with living here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2073b1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f2073b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e98dd0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e98dd0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fraternal life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f0a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2f0a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although each monk must learn to live in solitude, brotherhood is omnipresent. We always converge on one another, whether for times of sung prayer, meals or work, not to mention the times when we bump into each other in the corridors, in the library, in accompaniment, or at community meetings... The Abbey is like a big family home, in which we help each other to find our inner child, and to give him back all his freedom!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b634c e-grid e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29b634c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c023c1f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c023c1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38b887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b38b887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spiritual life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8101f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed8101f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>God is like the sun: there's always a way of closing the curtains to keep it out, but if you've seen our photos, you'll understand that we'd rather bathe in light than keep it out! In a climate of silence and clarity, we learn to see the best in our brothers, and then in ourselves too. But every time we think we've managed to catch God, we open our hands to see that they're empty, and he's waiting for us elsewhere, to help us keep moving forward, to access the best in ourselves... We monks have all felt an immense love calling us to come and seek it here, in the silence. If all this sounds like madness to you, it is, but it's the most beautiful madness in the world!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ad7e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87ad7e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/monastere-ete-4-rm07y1fiinsusppnkp16m26q27rcld86zufxh209vk.webp\" title=\"monastery summer-4\" alt=\"monastery summer-4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8ed51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c8ed51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3182e4cc e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3182e4cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a538db4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a538db4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc5865 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc5865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abbayevalnotredame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ucarecdn-rm0db2k9alkfbhunpwwhjp362wrmhoj9uja52r1j14.jpg\" title=\"ucarecdn\" alt=\"ucarecdn\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d2ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4d2ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you'd like to find out more about our Order, please visit the official OCSO website.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7046b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7046b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ocso.org\/?lang=fr\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-326e83f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"326e83f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77cec208 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77cec208\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecd5292 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ecd5292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:750}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History and evolution of monastic life at Val Notre-Dame Abbey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b29c80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73b29c80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a19ede animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29a19ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:1000}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Monastic life, as lived at Val Notre-Dame de Saint-Jean-de-Matha Abbey since March 2009, is rooted in the Benedictine Rule. This little Rule for beginners, as it is called by its author, was written in the 6th century by\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beno%C3%AEt_de_Nursie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Benedict of Nursia<\/u><\/a>, the father of the monks of the West.<\/p><p>Long applied in European monasteries alongside other monastic rules, it became the only one in force in all monasteries from the 9th century onwards. It reached its apogee at Cluny, France's great Benedictine monastery in the 10th century. In 1098, 21 monks from the Benedictine monastery of Molesmes, wishing to live the Rule more closely and in greater solitude, withdrew to the wilds of C\u00eeteaux. Hence the birth of the\u2019<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ordre_cistercien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Cistercian Order<\/u><\/a>, with saints Robert, Alberic and Stephen, who will be joined by the more popular saint\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_de_Clairvaux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Bernard de Clairvaux<\/u><\/a>.<\/p><p>By the 17th century, the Cistercian Order had drifted away from full observance of the Rule of St. Benedict. It was then that another great monastic figure appeared on the scene:\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armand_Jean_Le_Bouthillier_de_Ranc%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Armand Jean de Ranc\u00e9<\/u><\/a>, the \"Stormy Abbot\", as he was known, the reformer of the monastery of\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latrappe.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>La Trappe<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in France. The Trappists emerged from this reform.<\/p><p>In 1881, faced with threats of expulsion from an anti-religious government, the Trappist monks of the monastery of\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bellefontaine-abbaye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Bellefontaine<\/u><\/a>, in France, set up a foundation in Oka, Canada. Known as La Trappe d'Oka, this monastery reached its peak in the 1950s with a total of 177 monks, and became famous for its famous cheese: Oka cheese.<\/p><p>In 2002, with the community numbering barely thirty monks, the premises had become too large and the environment too noisy, so the monks opted for a transfer. The Lanaudi\u00e8re region was chosen, and the monks settled at Val Notre-Dame at the foot of Montagne-Coup\u00e9e. It is in this enchanting setting and in a luminous monastery with sober, avant-garde lines that they continue to seek God under the guidance of the Rule of Saint Benedict.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qui nous sommes On dit qu\u2019une image vaut mille mots, moi je te dirais qu\u2019une visite vaut mille images, alors la meilleure fa\u00e7on de savoir ce qui se passe \u00e0 l\u2019Abbaye Val Notre-Dame, c\u2019est encore de venir voir! Mais un peu de s\u00e9rieux. 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