Monastère Saint-Benoît
  • Home
  • Info
  • Offices
  • News
  • Vocation
  • Boutique en ligne
  • Editions Pax Inter Spinas
  • Support - Soutien
  • Oblates & Associates
  • Contact

News

Vidi aquam !

4/22/2026

 
Picture
Our Holy Week and Easter celebrations were truly beautiful this year: Deo gratias! But from throughout Holy Week and for more than two weeks more the monks and our guests had to deal with an unforeseen difficulty: the ongoing collapse of our water supply (a bore in the ground – the monastery is not connected with mains water) resulting in little running water and no available hot water at all.
 
Nos célébrations de la Semaine Sainte et de Pâques ont été vraiment magnifiques cette année : Deo gratias ! Mais tout au long de la Semaine Sainte et pendant plus de deux semaines encore, les moines et nos hôtes ont dû faire face à une difficulté imprévue : la dégradation continue de notre système d’alimentation en eau (un forage souterrain – le monastère n’est pas raccordé au réseau public), qui s’est traduite par un débit d’eau très faible et une absence totale d’eau chaude.
 
Our expert plumbers did all they could until it became aware that it was necessary, in the end, to seek specialist help to extract the water pump and replace it and the tubing coming from it (the galvanised piping had rusted through over the decades; it is now replaced with more durable inox piping) — at an estimated total cost of around 7 - 8,000 euros. We are profoundly grateful to all those who have offered to help with this large and unforeseen expense, just as we are to those who assisted us with the offer of shower facilities, etc., during our drought. Contributions to the costs would be very welcome.
 
Nos plombiers experts ont fait tout leur possible jusqu’à ce qu’il devienne évident qu’il fallait, en fin de compte, faire appel à un spécialiste pour retirer la pompe à eau et la remplacer, ainsi que la tuyauterie qui en découle (les tuyaux galvanisés s’étaient complètement rouillés au fil des décennies ; ils ont désormais été remplacés par des tuyaux en inox plus durables) — pour un coût total estimé à environ 7 000 à 8 000 euros. Nous sommes profondément reconnaissants envers tous ceux qui ont proposé de nous aider à faire face à cette dépense importante et imprévue, tout comme nous le sommes envers ceux qui nous ont aidés en nous proposant des douches, etc., pendant notre période de sécheresse. Toute contribution aux frais serait très bienvenue.
 
When the water finally flowed last Friday afternoon, the monks, guests, and our garden animals all sang a heartfelt “Vidi aquam…!”
 
Lorsque l’eau a enfin coulé vendredi dernier dans l’après-midi, les moines, les invités et les animaux de notre jardin ont tous chanté d’un cœur sincère « Vidi aquam… ! »


Comments are closed.

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Thinking of a monastic vocation? Please read:
    Am I called to be a monk?
    Picture

      Recevez notre lettre aux amis /
      Receive our newsletter

      ​Pour recevoir notre lettre aux amis par la poste svp envoyez vos coordonnées par le formulaire de contact.

      To receive our newsletter by the post
      please send your postal address by the contact form. 

    Subscribe to Newsletter

    Newsletters /
    Lettres aux amis

    Lent 2026
    File Size: 385 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2025
    File Size: 347 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2025
    File Size: 448 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2025
    File Size: 361 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2024
    File Size: 370 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2024
    File Size: 332 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2024
    File Size: 378 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2023
    File Size: 362 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2023
    File Size: 353 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2023
    File Size: 376 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2022
    File Size: 344 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2022
    File Size: 369 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2022
    File Size: 430 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2021
    File Size: 832 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2021
    File Size: 480 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2021
    File Size: 614 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2020
    File Size: 684 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2020
    File Size: 283 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2020
    File Size: 303 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2019
    File Size: 369 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2019
    File Size: 350 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2019
    File Size: 347 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2018
    File Size: 816 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    After Pentecost 2018
    File Size: 937 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Lent 2018
    File Size: 787 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

    Advent 2017
    File Size: 1189 kb
    File Type: pdf
    Download File

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Info
  • Offices
  • News
  • Vocation
  • Boutique en ligne
  • Editions Pax Inter Spinas
  • Support - Soutien
  • Oblates & Associates
  • Contact