Notre-Dame des Neiges raised to the status of a Priory sui juris

On December 28, 2025, the Feast of the Holy Family, Dom Mauro Giuseppe Lepori erected the sui juris Priory of Our Lady of the Snows, in accordance with the Decree issued by the Holy See on October 3, 2025.

The following day, during the Regular Visitation of the community, he presided over the election of the first prioress: Mother Anne Dugas, previously appointed prioress by the founding abbess of Boulaur Abbey.

Mother Elisabeth Unal, OCSO, prioress of the Monastery of La Paix-Dieu in Cabanoule, was present as co-visitator. She represented the OCSO, which generously ceded this abbey to the sisters. The abbey was founded in 1850 by Trappist monks from Aiguebelle, and it was there that Saint Charles de Foucauld completed his novitiate and prepared for his priestly ordination.

The new prioress and the entire community commend themselves to everyone's prayers.

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