Four of the Brothers who studied in Rome this year spent a week of formation in Belley (at the Mother House of the Congregation) and visited the places where Brother Gabriel lived.
On 2 July they made a symbolic pilgrimage from Belleydoux to Les Bouchoux in memory of the 200 years since Brother Gabriel Taborin made this same journey to begin the Congregation. In 1824, Brother Gabriel left his native village of Belleydoux, where he was working as a teacher and sacristan, to go to Saint Claude where, a few months later, he took the religious habit in the parish of Les Bouchoux. Our young Brothers, accompanied by the expert guide Brother Juan José del Cura, travelled through these beautiful landscapes so dear to Brother Gabriel and which bring back so many memories especially in this jubilee year which we have entitled “On mission today with Brother Gabriel”.
