Abbey of Saint Maurice 1500th Jubilee Guidebook

You have come to Saint-Maurice for various reasons connected to the history of this place. You know that the Abbey is celebrating its 1500th anniversary (515-2015). For fifteen centuries it has experienced God's faithfulness - in praise, in meditation on the biblical Word and the great Christian writings, in communal celebration, and in a thoughtful attentiveness to the power of sacred places.We offer you this guide so that this experience and this encounter may also become your own. God is faithful. He invites all people of good will to find their personal and unique path to live and grow with Him.You may orient yourself according to the inclination of your heart and your sensitivity, whether you are alone or in a group. We offer you four basic directions:UNDERSTANDthe places to which your pilgrim steps, your tourist curiosity, or simply your interest have brought you!p. 8 - The Basilica of the Martyrs offers you an interior itinerary leading you to discover the riches of faith and liturgy (praise, Eucharist, baptism). You can pause at the baptistery, in the Chapel of the Martyrdom (p. 12), discover its stained-glass windows, pass through the Jubilee Door (p. 15).p. 24 - The Way of the Steles, with its four stages, leads you to Vérolliez.p. 30 - Vérolliez, the Field of the Martyrswhich is the source-place of the cult of Saint Maurice and his Companions. Its chapel invites you to discover the power of their witness in the very setting where it was given.p. 34 - The Chapel of Our Lady of the Scex is a centuries-old place of pilgrimage. Christians go there to entrust their prayer to Mary, Mother of God, and to experience a solitude made-solidary with Saint Amé, the hermit.MEDITATE [Page 4]with the four great spiritual figures of the Abbey. For each of them, a page of spiritual explanation is followed by a selection of texts to deepen on the same theme:p. 42 - Saint Maurice, witness to the truth.And texts on martyrdom and witness, yesterday and today:the Passion of Eucherius, Madeleine Delbrêl, Etty Hillesum, Patriarch Athenagorasp. 65 - Saint Augustine, thirsting for beauty and love.And texts on the search for what is beautiful, true, and good: Augustine, Pope Francisp. 78 - Saint Théodule and the ways of communicating the faith.And texts on the challenges of faith in the Church today:Mgr Deroubaix, Cardinal Suenens, Mgr Thomasp. 91 - Saint Sigismund, in the midst of human ambiguities.And texts on the place of Christians in a fr