« In the guest that we welcome, it is Christ Himself whom we receive »
(Règle de Taizé)
The women, men and sometimes families we welcome come from very different horizons. All are, like us, seekers for Meaning, for Life, for Happiness, for God.
Actualités
16.03-19.03
« Introduction à la prière contemplative »
Retraite
05.04-10.04
« Le Christ ressuscité vient animer une fête au plus intime du cœur humain »
Vivre la Semaine Sainte et Pâques
14.04
Soirée de Lectio Divina avec une soeur
de 20h00 à 21h30
28.04-30.04
« Le Seigneur est mon berger – vers les eaux de repos il me mène »
Week-end pour jeunes adultes (20 à 40 ans)
Coming to Grandchamp
As an individual guest
For a retreat
With a group
This is also possible
Join us for a time as a Volunteer
Share you time and talents
Program

Retraites 2023
05.01
« À l’écoute d’une étoile »
Retraite de l’Épiphanie
21.02-22.02
« Entrée dans le Carême : en route vers Pâques »
Vivre le mercredi des Cendres
16.03-19.03
« Introduction à la prière contemplative »
Retraite
05.04-10.04
« Le Christ ressuscité vient animer une fête au plus intime du cœur humain »
Vivre la Semaine Sainte et Pâques
28.04-30.04
« Le Seigneur est mon berger – vers les eaux de repos il me mène »
Week-end pour jeunes adultes (20 à 40 ans)
02.05-11.05
« Introduction à la prière contemplative »
Retraite
20.05
« Toutes les plantes de la terre, bénissez le Seigneur »
Vivre une journée de retraite au jardin : en méditant la Parole, en travaillant et en partageant
26-29.05
« Viens, Esprit de relation ! »
Vivre la fête de Pentecôte
03.06
« Soigner nos liens pour rester vivant·e·s »
Retraite pour couples
23-25.06
« Rencontres avec Jésus »
Retraite biblique avec le bibliologue et d’autres approches
18-27.08
(retraite complète, liste d’attente complète)
« Jeûne et saveurs bibliques »
Une semaine de jeûne
31.08-03.09
« Enraciner la Parole dans le corps »
Retraite : Corps – Parole – Silence
09.11
« Le royaume des cieux est comme… »
Journée de retraite à partir du bibliologue
07.12-10.12
« Un cœur qui écoute… »
Introduction à la prière silencieuse
14.12
« Une halte à l’approche de Noël »
Retraite d’un jour dans l’Avent
23.12
« Un enfant nous est né – le Fils nous est donné ! »
Célébrer et vivre ensemble la fête de Noël
Courses and sessions
« Jésus de Nazareth : identité, message et histoire. Nouvelles approches historiques »
Séminaire avec Dan Jaffé, professeur d’histoire des religions,
université Bar-Ilan (Israël)
Mardi 14.02 de 13h30 à 18h
« Pas de salut sans la nature
pas de résurrection sans la création »
Ateliers bibliques d’écospiritualité
avec Thérèse Glardon
18 février – 13 mai – 07 octobre
samedi de 14h30 à 17h30
Retraite « Amour et Pardon »
organisée par la Fraternité du Bon Samaritain
du 09 au 17 juin 2023
Pour plus de renseignements :
www.fraternite-du-bon-samaritain.org
“Sessions Bethasda Évangélisation des profondeurs”
A new cycle begins in 2023
More information : www.bethasda.org
Our prayer life
Common prayer:
7:15 – 12:15 – 18:30 – 20:30
Eucharistie :
Thursday at 18:30 and Sunday (usually) at 7:30
Eucharisties de fête en 2023
6 janvier – Épiphanie – 18h30
22 février – Mercredi des Cendres – 07h15
02 avril – Rameaux – 11h00
09 avril – Pâques – 05h00
18 mai – Ascension – 11h30
28 mai – Pentecôte – 9h00
06 août – Transfiguration – 11h30
24 décembre – Noël – 22h30
31 décembre – St Nom de Jésus – 23h00
Readings
Dès le 28 novembre 2021 – 1er Avent –
Année C
Le 13 juin 2022 nous reprenons les lectures du Temps de l’Église à la 9e semaine.
Practical information
Information and Registration
Our reception is usually open: Tuesday morning – Sunday afternoon or evening.
Monday – “desert day” for the Community – the reception is closed.
Address
Communauté de Grandchamp
Accueil
Grandchamp 4
CH 2015 Areuse
Switzerland
E-mail
accueil@grandchamp.org
Telephone
+41 32 842 24 92 (Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am – 11.30am)
Price of stay
Full board price per day: CHF CHF 70.00 à CHF 90.00
(In Euro according to course)
Limited income (students, unemployed …): CHF 30.00 to CHF 40.00
Each one contributes to the expenses according to his possibilities. The financial question shall not be an obstacle for anyone. Whoever can put more makes it possible – by a discreet gesture of solidarity – for the ones who can pay less.
The payment of your stay is made by a bank transfer or on the spot in cash in the reception room..
It is not possible to pay with a credit card.
Bank details (CHF and EUR)
Bank account CHF
Account holder: Fondation des retraites spirituelles de la Communauté de Grandchamp
PostFinance, 3030 Berne CCP 20-2358-6
IBAN : CH36 0900 0000 2000 2358 6
BIC : POFICHBEXXX
Bank account EUR
Account holder: Communauté de Grandchamp
La Banque Postale – Centre Financier, F 69900 Lyon Cedex
IBAN : FR50 2004 1010 0406 2253 6H02 519
BIC : PSSTFRPPDIJ
RIB : 20041 01004 0622536H025 19
- Last name / First Name
- When would you like to come?
- Retreat title (if you are interested in coming to participate in a retreat listed in our program).
- Please introduce yourself briefly and express in a few words why you wish to come.
- Do you already have experiences of a place of silence and prayer?
- How did you hear about Grandchamp?
- If you are interested in coming to Grandchamp with a group please express in a few words what group it is and how you plan this stay among us and also indicate the number of people.
Good to know
Rooms: The single rooms (for the most part) are simple. In many rooms there is a sink, shower and toilet are shared. We invite you, if possible, to bring bedclothes and towels. Otherwise you can rent them of the community.
The meals are taken in silence, which allows us to prolong the prayer and opens to another form of communion. They are sometimes accompanied by a reading or by music. Please tell us if you have a diet. (If you have a gluten-free diet we ask you to bring your own bread.)
We do not have WIFI. In Salle d’accueil there is the possibility to connect to the internet.
The chapels Arche and Béatitudes are always open for prayer and personal meditation.
The ‘Salle d’accueil’ is the welcoming place for guests and visitors. It is also a small shop, where you can buy cards, books and products of our crafts, like candles, weavings …
It is open
from Tuesday to Saturday included
in the morning: from 9h30 to 12h
the afternoon: from 16h to 18h
Sunday from 11h – 12h and 15h30 to 17h15.
Daily schedule (in general)
7:15 am Morning prayer – breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00 am
12.15 pm Midday prayer – lunch
Tea between 3:00 and 5:00 pm
6.30 pm Evening prayer – followed by evening meal
Thursday Eucharist – followed by the evening meal
8:30 pm Complies
7:30 am Eucharist (in general) – breakfast after the celebration until 9:30
12:15 pm Midday prayer – followed by lunch
5:30 pm “Goûter-souper“
6.30 pm Evening prayer
No Compline – (During the time of Advent and Lent at 9:00 pm)
A day of silence and solitude for the Community; there is no morning prayer in common
Breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00
8.00 pm Silent prayer for the world followed by Compline at 8.30 pm
How to get to Grandchamp
By public transport
The railway station of Neuchâtel is the closest on the Geneva-Basel and Paris-Berne-Zurich lines.
Here you can check the train schedule and buy tickets. In Neuchâtel: leave the station towards the Jura (hills and not towards the lake), cross the street and take the bus nr. 107 or 109 (direction “Place Pury”, buy the ticket until “Areuse”, pay in Swiss money)
Leave the bus at Pury Place, cross the street towards the lake via the subway.
Take the tram to Areuse. (Here you find the timetables for the bus and the tram)
Cross the square in front of the stop of the tram, cross the main street and take the small street towards the lake (it is indicated “beach” and “Grandchamp”). The community is about 5 minutes away. walking.
The Reception Room is in the 1st house on the right entering the hamlet, 1st door.
By car
On the motorway (Lausanne-Yverdon-Neuchâtel-Bienne or Bern) take the exit Areuse.
Follow, in the roundabout (1st coming from Yverdon, 2nd coming from Neuchâtel), “Cortaillod, Areuse”.
After about 100 m turn left towards “beach, Grandchamp”.
Grandchamp is a few hundred meters away.
Before entering the hamlet, leave your car on the place reserved for this purpose.
GPS coordinates: N 46.95248 ° / E 006.85876 °