Religious association · Abbaye Saint-Pierre
Abbatia Sancti Petri de Curte
Within the walls of the Abbaye Saint-Pierre at Mas-Grenier stand two chapels where prayer has begun again. The association has the liturgy celebrated there, looks after them, and receives those who come to pray.
Coming to pray
The chapels are open during celebrations; Mass is celebrated there according to the Roman Missal of 1962. There is no fixed timetable yet: to find out when the next Masses will be, please write to ac@abbayesaintpierre.org.
“Obsculta, o fili, præcepta magistri, et inclina aurem cordis tui.”
Rule of Saint Benedict, Prologue
Listen, my son, and turn the ear of thine heart to the precepts of thy Master.
The chapels
The old abbey church has gone. Two chapels within the abbey grounds are used for worship today; the association was founded so that prayer might begin again in them.
The Saint-Michel House
On the ground floor of building A, in the wing where the nuns lived, near the choir of Saint-Pierre.
The house receives one group at a time for a retreat: a parish, a community, a family, a few people with a priest. Guests stay for a week at least, in silence, at the pace of the prayer of the chapels.
Full board; single and double rooms, all accessible to people with reduced mobility.
The keys of Saint Peter
The arms of the abbey are carved above the door of the chapel in the park. The association has taken them as its own.
- Two keys in saltire
- The keys of the Kingdom entrusted to Peter, patron of the abbey.
- A crescent in chief, a star in base
- Visible on the stone and on a pencil drawing kept at the abbey.
- A crown
- Set on an oval cartouche between two scrolls.
The colours of the arms are not known; they are shown in ink, as in an engraving.
“Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificabo Ecclesiam meam.”
Gospel according to Saint Matthew, 16:18
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.
Landmarks in the history of the abbey
993
The monastery
A bull of Pope John XV names the monastery of Mas-Grenier; it is the earliest sure mention.
1645
Saint-Maur
The monks of the Congregation of Saint-Maur bring their reform; the buildings are rebuilt in the eighteenth century.
1790
The Revolution
The community is dispersed; the abbey church later disappears.
19th century
The chapels
The chapel in the park is built; the choir receives its stalls.
1921–2014
The Benedictine nuns
Benedictine nuns of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament live here and sing the Office for nearly a century. Their history
2019
The association
Founded on 8 May, so that prayer might begin again in the chapels.
The abbey
The estate, the cloister, the chapels and the orchard.
Helping the association
The association lives on the offerings and gifts of those who pray with it: for the worship, the care of the chapels and of the house.