Henri-Marie Guilluy

Henri-Marie Guilluy (born December 5, 1911 in Ruitz , † 2008 ) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman, Benedictine , monastery founder and religious founder . He stands at the beginning of the Benedictine congregation Notre-Dame d'Espérance .

life and work

Henri Charles Joseph Guilly, son of a doctor, entered the Benedictine Abbey of Wisques , took the religious name Henri-Marie and made his profession in 1935 . He was ordained a priest in 1939 and later became a novice master . Inspired by Hermann von Reichenau and encouraged by Abbot Augustin Savaton (1878–1965, Abbot from 1928 to 1960), Guilly founded the Notre-Dame de l'Espérance (Mary Hope) priory ( donated by the Diocese of Amiens ) in Croixrault in 1966 with a special purpose , Disabled people to enable monastic life. The success quickly led to further establishments in France. 1977 recognized as an institution by the state, 1984 episcopal, the congregation Maria Hope was incorporated into the Benedictine order in 1990. After Guilluy's death, Jean-Yves Mercier succeeded him as Prior General.

Other houses of the congregation

• 1969: Prieuré Saint-Baptiste in Échourgnac (near a Trappist abbey )
• 1975: Prieuré Notre-Dame des Champs at Bouchaud near Arles (with novitiate)
• 1979: Abbaye-Prieuré Notre-Dame de la Grainetière in Les Herbiers
• 1986: Prieuré Saint-Benoît in Chérence
• 1990: Prieuré Notre-Dame de Montcy-Saint-Pierre in Charleville-Mézières
• 1990: Prieuré Sainte-Bernadette in Montaut (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) (not far from the pilgrimage monastery of Bétharram)
• 1992: Prieuré Sainte-Claire in Martigny (Seine-Maritime)
• 1997: Prieuré Notre-Dame-de-Primecombe in Fontanès (Gard)
• 1997: Prieuré Saint-François-de-Sales in Évian
• 1998–2014: Prieuré du Saint Esprit de Marcassu in Cateri ( Corsica )

literature

• Jean-Yves Mercier: “Bear weaknesses in patience”. The Congregation of Croixrault . In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 87, 2011, pp. 225–226.

Web links

• Congregation website, French