The Tyburn Nuns have bought the house in France where their foundress, Mother Marie-Adèle Garnier, was born in 1838. Described as the “Bethlehem of our congregation”, by the order’s mother general, Mother Marilla, the building will be used as a centre for pilgrimage. The nuns intend to install a chapel and to found a museum and information centre.
06 April 2017, The Tablet
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