Delegation of France

After a Mass held at the Saint-Roch Church in Paris, the Knights and Ladies of the Order gathered at the Curé d’Ars room for a magnificent conference. Father Patrice Gaudin, pastor of the parish of Bondy Nord, shared his life as a priest with the members of the French delegation of the Contantinian Order of St. George. The French delegation organizes cultural outings for children, middle and high school students of the parish, and accompanies those who need it in educational or vocational guidance. The support program also aims to adapt the reception capacities to the growing demand for catechesis: a fundraising campaign is underway to renovate and expand the dedicated spaces of the parish.

Some Knights and Dames of the French delegation accompanied a group of ten young high school students belonging to the parish of Bondy (Seine Saint Denis) for a visit to the Hôtel des Invalides and to the Musée de l’Armée on February 9^th, 2019. This first cultural outing was an opportunity to create a link with these suburban young people. The young French delegation has in fact set up a support program for this parish aimed specifically at evangelization and the professional integration of parishioners, also through training. A major renovation and expansion program has been launched to give this parish the reception capacity necessary for this purpose.

Paris, December 20th, 2018-The ceremony was celebrated at the Saint-Roch church in Paris by the abbot Thierry Laurent in the presence of HRH Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect and  the delegate Camille Pascal, surrounded by the knights and dames of the French delegation. Admiral Lecointre attended as well.

Paris, September 14th 2018 – On the occasion of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, the “Association Française des Oeuvres de l’Ordre Constantinien”, guided by the Councilor of State Camille Pascal, met at the Church of Saint-Roch in Paris.

After an initial informative meeting attended by many Knights and Dames of the French Delegation, a Solemn Mass was celebrated, presided over by Abbot Thierry Laurent, Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace and concelebrated by Father Xavier de Prémesnil, in the presence of HRH Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect of the Order.

On May, 31st a solemn celebration took place at Saint Roch Church in Paris. It was organized by the French delegation. The liturgy was presided by H.E. Msgr. Luc Ravel, archbishop of Strasbourg. Msgr. the Abbot Thierry Laurent’s investiture ceremony took place as well. He is the vicar of the Church and the legal counselor of the Apostolic Nuncio in Paris as Ecclesiastical Knight of Merit.