Benedictine Monks Ensure Continuity In Anjou. Bellefontaine Abbey Renewed From Traditional Benedictines Of Le Barroux.

Bellefontaine Abbey, Anjou.

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Philippe Marie.
Tribune Chrétienne.
11 July 2026.

Saturday, 11 July 2026, Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey officially received a new Monastic community. 

For Dom Louis-Marie, Abbot of Le Barroux, the decision is above all the fruit of Spiritual discernment: “From the beginning, it has been a matter of following the signs of Heaven and the signs of the Lord.”

On 13 November 2025, the last Trappist Monks departed Notre-Dame de Bellefontaine Abbey, bringing to a close more than two Centuries of uninterrupted presence at this Monastery in the Mauges region. 

The future of the site remained uncertain. 

This Saturday, 11 July 2026, a new chapter opened with the official installation of twelve Monks from the Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux, who now ensure the continuity of a Monastic life nearly a thousand years old.

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