A 16 year old, suspected of being the cause of the false terror alert in Paris that was caused on Saturday, was arrested on Monday and remanded in custody. Saturday, calling the police gave warning of a possible hostage taking during a church of Les Halles in Paris. A huge police operation was then initiated, […]
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About 120 faithful gathered for the funeral in the church of Rincq, when lightning has struck the steeple … Terrible coincidence at Aire-sur-la-Lys. One person was electrocuted and seven people slightly injured by the lightning strike which occurred at a church on the 2nd March, just before the start of a funeral ceremony. The accident, […]
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TERRORISM: Bernard Cazeneuve fears that jihadists are targeting the Christmas Masses … Could the church be the new target of the terrorists? The government dreads,reveals Europe 1 this Friday. “The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, sent on Wednesday a three-page telegram to prefects and the police chiefs and gendarmerie,” said the station, which had access to the […]
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This morning, Bishop Pierre d’Ornellas, Archbishop of Rennes, has laid the cornerstone of the Anastasis Church in the new district of the Morinais in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande. Difficult to find a place to park in the street of the Haut-Bois, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, near Rennes, this Saturday morning. At the corner of Boulevard Roger Dodin, one press to attend […]
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A photo I took over the last couple of days of the church in the small village of Fontaine Couverte (53)
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PARIS city authorities have drawn up a plan to invest €80million in some major overdue renovation works for 19 of the capital’s churches between now and 2020. The improvements, were one of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s election manifesto pledges. The French Government have also pledged a further €11million, towards the renovation costs. Since the separation of […]
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When I came out of the Christmas mass this evening in the Church at Congrier (53), I managed to take a few photos of the Christmas lights that are up in the village. Hope you enjoy them.
Continue ReadingAnother video of the Christmas market that I recently went to, in Chateaubriant. This video is of Chorale Concert that was being performed in the Church during the afternoon. I am sorry that it is a bit blurred, I was sitting a bit too far back really, but I hope that you still enjoy it. […]
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Another Christmas photo, this time a photo I took last night of the Church in my Neighbouring village of Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë, Decorated and lighted up for .Christmas
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A photo I took today of the Creché, inside the Church of St Nicolas, in the centre of Châteaubriant, The Creche, which depicts the Nativity Scene, is of course missing the baby Jesus, as this is traditionally added at the midnight mass on the 24th December.
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