Restoration
Column: MH Resteigne, Belgium
This column contains articles related to the Madonna House field house in Resteigne, Belgium, called “Maison Notre-Dame.”
Au Revoir and Merci — by Michelle Hubert, translated by Bill Ryan. In November 2007, MH Belgium moved from a medieval abbey in the village of Marche-les-Dames to a smaller building in Resteigne. This excerpt from the farewell speech given by their parish gives a... (February 15, 2008)
Au Revoir to Marche-les-Dames — by Dina Lingard. Before I came to Belgium, I read in a pamphlet from the Belgian Embassy in Ottawa that, on average, Belgium has four minutes of sunshine a day. But now that I’m here, I’ve discovered that the marvellous... (February 14, 2008)
Flying Lessons for a Cuckoo — by Cuckoo Susan James. Does consecrated life mean sad faces behind locked doors? It seemed inconceivable to me that a life given to God could be such a colorless existence, so I decided to go and see for myself. Five... (January 21, 2008)
Belgian Happenings — by Gérard Lesage. I’ve been here for more than three months now, and so I’m still very new. But I’ve been stationed here before, and the busyness of this house draws you in very quickly. It didn’t take me long... (April 11, 2007)
Notes From Near and Far: Belgium — by Jeanne Guillemette, MH Belgium. This past August much of our life revolved around World Youth Day in Cologne, for we had the joy of receiving a number of pilgrims, on their way to or from Cologne. Two groups came... (November 25, 2005)
Notes from Near and Far: Belgium — by Malcolm Delaney, MH Belgium. Ahhhh! Springtime in Belgium: birds singing, marsh marigolds blooming, and little green spikes emerging from black earth, promising snowdrops and crocuses and vegetable gardens to weed. Spring came a tad early this year. But who... (April 25, 2005)
First Impressions — by Bill Ryan. Bill, who has been a staff worker for 44 years, spent 24 of those years working in every facet of Restoration—in editorial, layout, and circulation. Most recently he was circulation manager (for the second time), for four... (January 01, 2005)
