A Peek Into Day 1

1. Encounter: We're meeting the community at L'Hermitage and getting to know them. Br. Alan has been giving us a tour for most of today. We're getting acquainted not only with each other, but our surroundings!

Br. Alan (right) along with our Brothers from the US

2. Learning: These pick marks display all the work that was done by the early Brothers. They cut into the mountainside to build this first community. The details of our heritage are telling!

3. In The Steps of Champagnat & the Brothers: Champagnat's room is pictured above. Touring L'Hermitage is incredible because you literally walk the steps of the first community. It is an incredible feeling. It also reminds us what is unique about that community, and invites us to think about how we are unique today!

4. Sharing: The most important thing happening here is the sharing. Sharing of knowledge, space, prayer, and of experience (past and present). This is the meaning of community.

There is more to come! Stay Tuned!