Author Archives: Father Guillaume de Tanoüarn

Editorial

To Serve and not to Serve Oneself

To Serve and not to Serve Oneself

The Jewish writer André Suarès, in one of those memorable flights for which he had the secret, cried, not without foresight: “To serve is the meridian of the West”. Whilst in Rome the seminarians attend to their revision and endure the compulsory mid-year exams, whilst Father René-Sébastien Fournié, absorbed by his double programme in law and theology, has asked me to replace him for this editorial, I believe that to speak of serving… Read More

Year for Priests

Towards a priestly radicalism

Towards a priestly radicalism

The priesthood is always a delicate subject. Becoming a priest is an effect of a vocation which is an irreproducible call.  The God who shines his sun on the good and the bad and who counts all the hairs on our head, sews the net of our fate and its him who makes priesthood known to he who is called. Oh! Each one of us has received a call from God. Each one of us has something to achieve in this life which no one else can do in our place and… Read More

News of our house

To see the pope

To see the pope

6:30am, action stations at home. The seminarians, accustomed to rising at 6:00 am are already up and are discussing things around a coffee. Arrived by plane a little before midnight from Paris the evening before, I must say that I am a little less awake and I don’t seem to get into the merry mood which is theirs yet.Finally at 7:30am, we are ready to go. Direction of the Vatican When we arrive, there are already plenty of people for the… Read More