NEWS
June 2024
- June 29, 2024 - at the Church of St Ouen in Pont Audemer (Normandy), Bishop Olivier de Cagny, Bishop of Evreux, celebrated the jubilee of 50 years of priesthood of Bishop Christian Nourrichard, Bishop Emeritus of Evreux, ecclesiastical assistant of VMI, ordained priest in 1974.
- This is an opportunity to remind us what a jubilee is
July 2024
- July 28, 2024 - the 4th World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, the Holy Father recalled the chosen theme: "In old age, do not abandon me" (cf. Ps 70:9). He spoke out against the abandonment of the elderly, "a sad reality to which we must not become accustomed" “For many of them, especially in these summer days, loneliness can become a burden that is difficult to bea,” he added.The day was celebrated by many VMI movements that responded to the Holy Father’s invitation by celebrating Masses and intergenerational meetings
- Like the biblical book of Ruth, Francis asked us to listen to the cry of the elderly who implore, “Do not abandon me” and to respond like Ruth: “I will not abandon you”.
October 2024
- October 1st, 2024 - Elderly Day
- October 2nd, 2024 - in St. Peter’s Square, during the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Pope Francis, the fathers and mothers of the Synod joined thousands of faithful pilgrims who came from around the world for the opening of the second session of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod.