REGINA Retreat, LOISY, FRANCE – JUNE 10-16, 2025
Welcome to France!
Join REGINA Magazine for an exclusive retreat at the historic retreat center of the Sister Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus, located at Ver-sur-Launette – Loisy, near Paris.
The historic haven of rest and prayer has existed for generations, but has been under the new direction of the Sisters since 2022, when a previous order of nuns closed in the wake of the infamous Covid-19 lockdown of 2020.
The retreat center is called the Maison Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Délivrance, positioned on small acreage with gardens and grassy lawns. The property is located with a lovely stone chapel with incredible stained-glass windows. Dedicated in 1899, to Saint-Sulpice, the lovely chapel is modeled after King Louis IX’s famous Saint-Chapelle in Paris.
Whether single, married, with friends or family, we hope you will join us for spiritual formation and fun in France.
Here you will experience a rare glimpse of life at a traditional convent that has existed for generations, located in the remote countryside.
You will live and experience the best of monastic traditions and hospitality flourishing in this hidden place, positioned amid forests and farmland just outside Paris, about a 45-minute drive from the CDG International Airport.
You will be fully immersed in the joyous convent life of a bygone era. This will include praying with the Sisters and hearing them sing Gregorian Chant for their daily sung Mass and Office.
The convent and grounds will be your home for seven unforgettable days as we gather together on retreat June 10-16, 2025.
The retreat will begin the day after the annual Chartres Pilgrimage (June 7-9, 2025).
Daily Mass and the choral Office will be prayed and sung in Latin in the Classical Roman Rite in the main chapel of the sisters, a whimsical Neo-Gothic structure consecrated in 1899.
On Sunday, June 15 we will have a private bus excursion to Paris for Sunday High Mass at a local parish, followed by lunch and a free afternoon to explore the City of Light.
Most meals are included.
Goal: Spiritual Renewal
Our good friend Fr. Ralph Oballo, FSSP will be our retreat master.
Sessions will be held five consecutive mornings, with guided meditations in the morning and afternoons to help you explore the interior life and learn how to grow spiritually, aided by traditional Catholic spirituality.
The experience will include morning Mass in the convent chapel as well as the chanting of some of public hours of the Divine Office in the same chapel with the nuns.
We will also have the opportunity to participate daily in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament as well as praying together the Holy Rosary.
Fr. Oballo has taken great care to design a uniquely tailored retreat that will give participants a once-in-a-lifetime experience of immersion in the stunning backdrop of the historic convent.
In addition, the poetry of the liturgical arts and the convent rhythm of prayer in the monastic tradition will help invigorate your soul and feed your spiritual well-being.
As a bonus, during our stay we will learn about the unique and distinctive work of the Sisters and their life and mission — living the fullness of the Roman Rite in the timeless tradition. This will include hearing about certain practices and customs of the sisters, who don the full habit, seeing why this Order is flourishing in a time when many others are not.
Our Retreat Master:
Fr. Oballo is a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and currently serves as Assistant Pastor to the F.S.S.P. Apostolate in Calgary, Canada. He is known for his desire to instill in others a great yearning for Heaven. He has also always had a fondness for the Gospel accounts of Bethany and Our Lord’s tangible human nature shown by His interactions therein.
AVAILABILITY:
There is limited availability for the Retreat. The retreat center is small. We are only able to accommodate 23 retreatants. There are 15 rooms available, 6 of which have two single beds and 2 of which have a double bed for married couples That makes 21 places, with 2 retreatants per room (or 23 total, if there are 2 married couples).
TO REGISTER PLEASE GO TO OUR “WE TRAVEL” PAGE HERE.