Category Archives: Activities

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, FALL CLEANING FOR OUR CHAPEL

A MAGNIFICENT TEAM WAS AT THE HELM !

From left to right : Christopher, Martine, Jean-Paul et Annie en action…
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Thanks to Annie, Christopher, Jean-Paul, Martine and Paulette, thanks to this magnificent team that you have formed today by braving the storm to come to the bedside of our chapel.
These cleanings, since we started them, have proven to be very useful for our chapel.
With these actions, our association affirms its determination to ensure its maintenance, our desire to preserve it and tomorrow to restore it.
This autumn cleaning was the first of its kind, it is a good thing that you did it.
A beneficial action to be repeated in 2025 !

From left to right: Annie, Jean-Paul, Paulette, Martine and Christopher who is crouching. (Click on the photo to enlarge it)

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2024 – MASS FOR THE DEAD

IN THE CHAPEL OF SAINT-MACLOU,
THIS MASS WAS THE FOURTH OFFICE OF THE YEAR 2024 !

Father Materne officiating in the chapel of Saint-Maclou (click on the photo to enlarge it)
In memory of the deceased, before being placed on the altar, a candle was lit. (click on the photo to enlarge it)

At the chapel of Saint-Maclou, on Saturday, November 2, Father Materne celebrated a beautiful mass that was dedicated on this special day to all the deceased.
On this day of commemoration, many faithful were present for this memorial service.
On this day of commemoration, all together, having a thought for those who have left is a way of knowing that they are always present in the depths of our hearts, of speaking of their existence in our conversations and of keeping their memory alive by passing it on to our children and grandchildren.
Thank you to Father Materne for accompanying us on this day in our memories, for giving us the opportunity to meet here, to keep the spirituality of this chapel alive through the services that he comes to celebrate.
Thus, at the invitation of Father Materne, the faithful were able to place a candle on the altar symbolizing the presence of those who have left.
It was an intense moment, of great emotion and communion.
Thank you to all those who came, we hope that our chapel was welcoming, as our association strives to watch over its old stones, to be concerned about its well-being; the heritage that it represents can prove very fragile, if we let time take hold of it!

Thank you all.

Les Amis de la Chapelle de Saint-Maclou

NEXT MASS AT THE CHAPEL OF SAINT-MACLOU
Saturday January 4, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. – Epiphany Mass which will give rise to the blessing of the crib.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, ON THE OCCASION OF THE ASSOCIATIONS FORUM IN MÉZIDON-CANON

We were at the Eugène Moulin gymnasium from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

From left to right : Téhani, Annie and Christopher, members
of the Association’s board. (click on the image to enlarge it)

This meeting with the public gave us the opportunity to share our projects, to emphasize the importance of preserving our chapel.
This year, for this 7th Forum of Associations, we insisted on the heritage that the chapel of Saint-Maclou represents, the reasons for our association to save it; our desire to make it a place of meeting, exchanges and culture, to allow its accessibility in all circumstances !
So, we thank all those who came to exchange with us ; we hope to have convinced them!

The Friends of the Chapel of Saint-Maclou

ON SATURDAY JULY 27, WE GO TO REPENTIGNY

Meeting with Marc Soulé,
President of the Association les Amis du Patrimoine de Repentigny

http://repentignypatrimoine.com

From left to right: Henri-Jean Lepetit and Marc Soulé in front of the magnificent altarpiece of the Église de Saint-Martin – (click on the picture to enlarge)

Saturday July 27, at the invitation of Marc Soulé, we went to Repentigny, a small village which dominates the Dorette valley.

On this occasion, we were able to visit the Saint-Martin church and admire, among other things, its medieval altarpiece dating from the end of the 16th century; a unique piece!

With a view to our future developments for the Saint-Maclou chapel, Marc presented us with the equipment produced.

These meetings between associations which have the same vision of the importance of preserving the heritage of Pays d’Auge, and which share the same objectives, contribute to advancing discussions, to the success of projects, to supporting and advising each other, as sometimes the labyrinth of constraints can prove discouraging.

A big thank you to Pierre Betelaud, parliamentary attaché to Jérémie Patrier-Leitus Deputy for the 3rd constituency of Calvados, for this connection and to Marc for his welcome.

  Henri-Jean Lepetit

MAY 18, 2024 – SAINT-MARCOUF MASS

LIKE EVERY YEAR AT THE SAME TIME,
SAINT-MARCOUF IS TRADITIONALLY CELEBRATED AT SAINT-MACLOU

Father Materne during the service (click on the photo to enlarge it)
Father Materne meets the faithful

Like every year at the same time, Saturday, May 18 at 5:00 p.m. at the chapel of Saint-Maclou, Father Materne ;of the Parish “Notre Dame de Vie” celebrated a mass in honor of Saint-Marcouf.
Saint-Marcouf has a particular importance for our chapel since, along with Saint- Maclou, this place is dedicated to him.
Of Frankish origin, Saint-Marcouf was born in Bayeux in 490 and was ordained a priest at the age of 30.
He attracted disciples whom he gathered in Nanteuil where, in the 6th century, he founded an abbey known as Nantus.
He obtained this domain from King Childebert I, son of Clovis and Clotilde.
People come to see him for his healing powers of skin diseases, especially scrofula, tuberculous abscesses of the neck lymph nodes.
Saint-Marcouf dies in Nanteuil in 558, he is celebrated on May 4 in the diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux.

We thank the many faithful who joined us to honor Saint-Marcouf.

Commemoration of May 8, 1945

May 8, 1945 at the chapel of Saint-Maclou

 

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This May 8, 2024, from 10:00 a.m., on the occasion of the ceremony commemorating the victory of 1945, the doors of the chapel were open.
The people and personalities present during this ceremony appreciated being able to access the interior of the chapel and for some, it was the first time!Documentation on this 11th century chapel was available to our day visitors.

Everyone’s satisfaction encourages us to renew this initiative.

Big Spring Cleaning

Saturday March 23, 2024

For the occasion, some members of the association’s office met at the chapel. From 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., they worked to clean the sacristy, choir and nave from top to bottom. 
Not a corner escaped the duster, the broom or the vacuum cleaner, after having been polished, the woodwork smelled of wax.
It was also an opportunity to make some usual repairs, to fill in the holes through which some visitors come in during our absence.
Satisfied with the work accomplished, once finished, we rang the bell before leaving the premises.
We arranged to meet again in October for a fall cleaning.

Thanks to Annie, Chantal, Christopher, Henri-Jean, Hervé,
Jean-Paul, Téhanie for their efficiency and good humor.

Hair blowing in the wind, in front of the chapel, the entire cleaning team (from left to right): Christopher, Annie, Henri-Jean, Chantal, Jean-Paul, Téhanie and Hervé
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Easter in Saint-Maclou

Monday April 1, 2024
On the program : Easter eggs and tasting
products from Ferme du Bout du Chemin

In the chapel, between the choir and the nave, the tasting point with Annie, Téhanie and our guests for a day (click on the photo to enlarge it).

This Easter Monday, April 1, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., young and old responded to our invitation. After a guided tour of the premises, the chapel no longer held any secrets for anyone. The chocolate Easter eggs were a great success, as well as the tasting of cider and apple juice from Ferme du Bout du Chemin.
The atmosphere was as we like it: good-natured and warm.
Thank you to everyone who came and for those who could not come, next year, they will be able to make up for it since we will schedule this event again.

Thank you also to Annie, Téhanie and Christopher for having, on behalf of our association, welcomed our visitors.

Heritage Day 2023

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 AT THE SAINT-MACLOU CHAPEL
European Heritage Day 2023!

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A Family visiting the Chapelle (click on the photo to enlarge it)

For this occasion, the Chapel was open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which allowed our visitors to discover or revisit
this Romanesque building from the 11th and 12th century.
These European Heritage Days are in our DNA , as we work to succeed in our project of restoration of this heritage so representative
of the history and the memory of our countryside.
On this occasion, the public was welcomed by Christopher and Hervé who, with the passion that drives them, did not fail to give you a guided tour of the place.

A big thank you to them and to all those who gave us the pleasure of their visit.