Welcome to the sisters of Grandchamp!

The community of Grandchamp is a monastic community and brings together sisters from different churches and various countries. Our ecumenical vocation commits us on the path of reconciliation among Christians and within the human family, and to respect the whole of creation.

Three pillars support our life together:

A Life of Prayer

Our prayer, poor as it is, is a participation in the praise of the communion of saints in heaven and on earth, in the very prayer and intercession of Christ.

Life together

…is to live a parable of communion: in joy, simplicity and mercy, as in a dance, always moving towards.

Hospitality

“Come apart and rest awhile…”

Pray in communion with us

Common prayer:
7.15 am – 12.15 pm – 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Eucharist
Thursdays at 6.30 pm and Sundays at 7.30 am

Here you can follow live our common prayer according to the timetable.

Upcoming events

17 novembre 2019
15h concert de HJ Lim
Œuvres de Bach et de Mozart

03 décembre 2019
Le trésor des pauvres
20h15 Veillée de l'Avent

05 décembre 2019
« Une halte à l’approche de Noël »
Retraite d’un jour dans l’Avent

See our full program

Accueil entre l’Avent 2019 et l’Épiphanie 2020

03.12.2019
Le trésor des pauvres
20h15 Veillée de l'Avent

05.12.2019
« Une halte à l’approche de Noël »
Retraite d’un jour dans l’Avent

12 – 15.12.2019
« Un cœur qui écoute… »
Introduction à la prière silencieuse

23 – 26.12.12.2019
« Un Enfant nous est né ! »
Célébrer et vivre ensemble la fête de Noël

30.12.2019 – 01.01.2020
« En route vers… du neuf ? »
Retraite de Nouvel An

04 – 05.01.2020
« Est-il donc Roi ? »
Retraite de l’Épiphanie

L'accueil sera fermé :

  • 21 décembre 2019
  • 27 décembre 2019
  • 2-3 janvier 2020
  • 5 au 15 janvier
  • 24 janvier au 4 février

The Community of Grandchamp

Who are we?

Sonnenhof – Haus der Stille

Our house in Gelterkinden

Called to be praise

NEWSLETTER FROM GRANDCHAMP 2018

Coming to Grandchamp

As an individual guest

for a few days of silence with the possibility to be accompanied by one of the sisters

For a retreat

proposed by the community according to the annual program

With a group

who have their own programme and want to live it in the setting offered by the Community

For a time as a Volunteer

to share the community’s life of prayer and work for a time

Or share you time and talents

by helping us with practical needs
More Information

Pray and work that God may reign

Throughout your day,
Let the Word of God breathe life into work and rest.
Maintain inner silence in all things
so as to dwell in Christ.
Be filled with the spirit of the beatitudes,
joy, simplicity, mercy.

Sister Minke – The Way of the Cross

Sister Minke – The Way of the Cross

Meditations and prayers prepared by sister Minke and presented to Pope John Paul II for the celebration of the Stations of the Cross in the Colloseum, Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, 14 April 1995.