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Traditional
Religious Orders - Men
Capuchins - 30 years of fidelity MORGON, France - The community of Capuchin Friars of traditional observance of St Francis’ Monastery in Morgon, France celebrated their thirtieth anniversary in August. It was in 1972 that the community’s founder, Fr Eugène de Villeurbanne, O.F.M. Cap. (1904-90) began his work of restoration of the Capuchin rule and spirituality in the wake of the postconciliar disaster. Initially Fr Eugène and his first followers were based at Derjon in the Ain region, but in 1983 they acqired the property at Morgon in the famous Beaujolais wine-producing area near Lyons. Fully allied to
Mgr Lefebvre and the SSPX from the beginning, this austere community
has grown and prospered through the intercession of Padre Pio and
all the Capuchin saints, and now counts six priests. A convent of
traditional Poor Clares was begun in 1992 under their direction, and
a Third Order for laity is also flourishing. |
