THE BEGINNING
REBIRTH
THE HERITAGE WORK
OF FATHER LELÉGARD
After having a large part of the site classified as a Historic Monument in 1928, Gabrielle Decauville gave part of the abbey in 1959 to Father Marcel Lelgard (1925-1994) who undertook to save the buildings and restore life there. spiritual. In 1981, he created the Fondation Abbaye de La Lucerne d'Outremer, recognized as being of public utility, so that the restoration of this heritage work can continue.
In 1987, he crossed paths with Pascal Thomas.
Master mason for more than thirty years, this enthusiast rebuilt the abbey with his own hands.
RESTORATION
IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES
Reconstruction of the cellar and the refectory
Refectory restored
Refectory restored
Cellar restored
THE SPIRITUAL WORK
OF FATHER LELÉGARD
Turning to Mondaye, a still-living Premonstratensian abbey founded by La Lucerne in 1202, Father Lelegard created with Father Louis Bouyer the Canonical Fraternity of the Abbey of La Lucerne in 1964 which perpetuates the spirit of Saint Norbert in this place, to re-establish a permanent community there. It also makes Lucerne a place of preservation and transmission of ancestral liturgical traditions.
