Paderborn is a university city.  Our monastery is found in a calm and multicultural quarter, a few minutes by foot from the city center!  We receive many visitors: for Adoration, Mass, students that work together or attend our events, neighbors that come for a good beer, and families who meet to encourage each other!  We are in regular contact with many catholic young people of the region who come to meet in the house!  In short, our house is a luminous place of meeting for the faithful of all ages and backgrounds.

Thy-le-Château is a village situated between Charleroi and Philippeville, in South-West Belgium.  Namur, the capital of Wallonia, is 40 minutes from the house by car.  In the middle of a nature park, our house “Marie Mediatrix of all graces” has as its principal mission the welcoming of groups and individuals who wish to live a time of spiritual renewal.  You will be welcomed into a familial climate of prayer, fraternal life and peace under the maternal regard of the Virgin Mary.

You can also meet the other young adults in Community formation or those who visit us often!

Situated in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the village of Medjugorje is known worldwide as a Marian sanctuary.  The Community of the Beatitudes has been present there since 1989 for prayer and supporting the parish ministry here, notably by the animation of Mass in German and French. 

Our house “Regina Pacis” is found at the feet of the hill of apparitions, some meters from the “blue cross,” where pilgrims come for praying in front of the Queen of Peace.  The brothers and sisters accompany the pilgrims who come from all over the world through catechesis in different languages, particularly on the spirituality of Marian consecration in the spirit of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Monfort. 

Our house is in Ivory Coast in the city of Issia, 400 Km Northwest of Abidjan, the nation’s capital.  The is a splendid Marian sanctuary, where Mary is call “Our Lady of Deliverance.”  There are many who visit: pilgrimages, group retreats, visits to the house, personal retreats.  The faithful who come are generally from French-speaking Africa.

The Community of the Beatitudes was called to Denver in 1999, to the American West at the base of the Rocky Mountains. 

In 2003, one of the most beautiful parishes in Denver was entrusted to us, which composes close to 1,500 families (half English-speaking and half Spanish-speaking).  The Community is also entrusted the maintenance of a magnificent mountain hermitage on 25 acres of forested land. 

The missions are not lacking either, as Catholics here are welcoming and dynamic, ready to be involved in our activities.

At 200 meters from the ocean, the diocesan spiritual center of the Sables d’Olonne, who is newly renovated, is entrusted to the Community which ensures a life of regular prayer through its mission of spiritual hospitality.  Many people, in groups and in family, are attracted here for a time of healing.

The Community, already well integrated into the parish and the diocese of Vendée, participates in several pastoral services in addition to its essential mission of welcome.  These are above all for children, youth and young adults, and fiancés. 

Emmaus-Nicopolis is situated between Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv (buses are available for visits).  It is a holy site for Christians, but those who visit are often not Christian, rather Jewish or Muslim.  A certain isolation gives a calm atmosphere, suitable for spiritual healing in a beautiful natural setting (the site is also alongside a vast nature park for hiking).  During outings and visits, we are immersed in a world both Western and Eastern, which can be both a gift and a challenge.

Our house is an ancient Carmelite convent, built in the 18^th century in oriental southern Sicily.  The Domus Paradisi, meaning the House of Paradise, surrounds the sanctuary of Mary Ladder of Paradise: Marie “takes us up” to Jesus and “brings Him down” to us.  This ascending and descending movement is found also in the surrounding countryside of hills and valleys where many stone walls rise and fall.  The sanctuary and the annex house welcome pilgrims and retreatants.  The closest city (12 Km) is Noto, cradle of the baroque with its pale stone buildings.  Since 2002 the city has been listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.

The city of Kokchetav, at the heart of central Asia, is situated on a large lake surrounded by steppes and hills, with a both multicultural and multinational population.

The 4-sister team of our house assumes mainly the services of the parish, organizes events for youth and activities for children, and helps isolated villages to animate their Mass.  Our buildings also serve as housing for students from neighboring villages.

Callao is the neighboring city to Lima, the capital of Peru.  Our community is found in an impoverished quarter of Callao.

We are entrusted a very dynamic parish.  That entails several apostolates of evangelization: catechism for first communion and confirmation, youth group(s), altar servers, leading prayer, etc.  We also organize a chapel of perpetual adoration.  There is a very strong faith among the Peru people, which is very beautiful to witness.  Sunday Masses are always full with people of all ages: families, youth, and the elderly.

Kabina is at the heart of the DRC, in the province of Lomami.  Kabinda, which means“oasis of peace”, is a city built at 900 meters above sea level which creates a mild climate.  The house of the Community is located at the top of Kabinda two steps from the hospital that the Community manages.  We are around 20 brothers and sisters of different nationalities who work in the hospital, put on youth events, evangelize in the communities, and raise animals and crops.