Lutgarde Lehalle
Lutgarde Lehalle , née Marcelle Lehalle (* in the 20th century ; † May 2002 in Arcis-le-Ponsart, Département Marne ) was a French Trappist and abbess of two monasteries .
life and work
Marcelle Lehalle entered the Trappist convent Igny in 1935 and took the religious name Lutgarde (after Lutgard von Tongern ). In 1951 she became the abbess of her monastery, which had more than 90 sisters. In 1955 she went with some sisters to the east of the Belgian Congo (today: Democratic Republic of the Congo ) and founded the Trappist Abbey of Clarté-Dieu ("Brightness of God") in Sud-Kivu , which today mainly belongs to Rwanda . There she was abbess from 1956 to 1974. In 1996 she returned to Igny, where she died in 2002.
Web links
- Sermon for the funeral of Lehalle, French
- Clarté-Dieu page on the Trappist homepage
- Igny page on Citeaux.net
- Abbess list of Igny
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehalle, Lutgarde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehalle, Marcelle (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Trappist and abbess of two monasteries |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2002 |
| Place of death | Arcis-le-Ponsart, Marne department |