Calendar events and/or demonstrations and meetings organized by the association

february
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February 14 corresponds, in the Roman religion, to the Lupercalia, faun festivals taking place from February 13 to 15.The real origin of this festival is attested
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February 14 corresponds, in the Roman religion, to the Lupercalia, faun festivals taking place from February 13 to 15.
The real origin of this festival is attested to the 14th century in Great Britain, which was still Catholic, where Valentine’s Day on February 14 was celebrated as a lovers’ festival, because it was thought that birds chose this day to mate.
Remaining alive in the Anglo-Saxon world, this festival then spread across the European continent in recent times. But who was SAINT-VALENTINE ?
It is said that Valentine was a Roman who lived in the 3rd century under the emperor Claudius II, nicknamed Claudius the Cruel.
Struggling to recruit his soldiers, Claudius then said to himself that the homes, wives and children of his men were the cause, and thus took the decision to prohibit marriages.
However, one priest continued to celebrate marriages: the priest Valentin.
When the emperor found out, he immediately had him arrested and sentenced him to death. While Valentine was in prison, he met the daughter of his guard who was blind. The story goes that just before being beheaded, Valentine restored his beloved’s sight by sending her a little note signed “Your Valentine”.
The story is nice, but it is only a legend.
In 498, the pope decided to set Valentine’s Day on February 14.
Three Valentines had then been selected by him. Saint Valentine, beheaded in 270 AD; another contemporary Valentine from the 3rd century, Bishop Valentine of Terni; as well as a third Valentine, of African origin, but about whom little is known.
In any case, on this February 14, 2025, may the lovers of this world believe themselves to be alone, but two !
march
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As every year, in March, we officially open our memberships.For our association, begging is always complicated, because we never know when is the right time to do it.And then, it
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As every year, in March, we officially open our memberships.
For our association, begging is always complicated, because we never know when is the right time to do it.
And then, it is never easy to ask each other for financial support, and yet, we have no other choice, if we want to preserve our chapel, to provide for its basic needs over the months.
We are therefore counting once again on generosity, on the arrival of new members and on the renewed trust of old ones.
This year again, for 2025, the amount of our contributions remains unchanged, namely €10 for one person and €15 for a couple.
Our Membership Form can be found on our website chapellestmaclou.fr, in the “Join” menu, under the “Membership” tab; you can download it.
You can also make a transfer to the account: Les Amis de la Chapelle de Saint-Maclou Crédit Agricole Normandie – IBAN: FR76 1660 6151 1200 1583 7629 086.
NEW 2025
This year, in order to show you our consideration and to affirm our gratitude, we will send each of you a numbered and personalized Membership Card.
For the moment, this card is symbolic, we hope that it will eventually be able to give some advantages to its holders.
We look forward to welcoming you to our association,
Les Amis de la Chapelle de Saint-Maclou