Dear Friends,
We are requesting your help to build the master altar of our conventual Church Our Lady of the Rosary. In the lineage of historic medieval altars, this altar will be a catechism in pictures, "an altar that preaches" - as much to the wise as to the simple. With your help, in two years it will spring up in the sanctuary as the arrow of an infallible prayer: that of the sacrifice of Christ.
Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières
Prior of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer
Thanks to your support,
the altar rises towards heaven!
An iconographic project worthy of the Middle Ages
Was the project for this high altar planned when your church was first built?
« Not at all. We knew that one day we would have to build an altar, but no further plans were made. I must admit that we sounded out many options. We approached several artists, who had interesting and high quality projects to offer. But, after submitting them to our community’s discernment, no consensus was reached. Nothing really won everyone over.
The church had to be fully completed, and we needed to celebrate the liturgy there for several months, before we could begin to have a feel for the venue, and the way in which we wanted to organize it. Remember, for over thirty years, the community celebrated the liturgy in the old commons, which had been ingeniously transformed into a chapel. Then we moved from this small, rather dark volume without acoustics, to a large, very bright volume, with a long echo duration. The necessary adaptation time explains the first stages of trial and error we had to go through. »
The Fraternity thanks you
All the donors will be included in a christmas novena of masses that the Prior of the Fraternity will celebrate from October 26th of December 2022 to the 1st of January 2023 for your intentions.
You can send us your intention on the donation form.
Major Donors ($2000+):
In December 2023, you will receive a souvenir book of the Rosary altar, with large photos of the construction, the completed altar and its inauguration. This book will be printed in a strictly limited edition of 100 copies.
Patrons ($5000+)
You will also receive a bronze replica of one of the bas-reliefs that adorn the bells of our new conventual church, depicting St. Dominic, St. Vincent Ferrier, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Siena. These were molded by Cornille Havard, a bell-maker in Villedieu-les-Poêles, Normandy where bells for all of Europe have been made since the Middle Ages."
Founding patrons ($10,000):
You will also be enrolled in a perpetual foundation of Masses: every October 7, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Holy Sacrifice will be offered on the high altar for you and your descendants. You will also be listed on a plaque on the back of the altar. The foundation will remain in effect as long as priests of the Fraternity celebrate Mass on it (hopefully for a VERY LONG TIME !)
If you would not like to make a gift online, you can make a gift by check.
Label your check to the order of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer and send it to
Fraternité Saint-Vincent-Ferrier, 2 route de Ballée, 53340 Chémeré-le-Roi (France)
Who are we ?
The Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer (FSVF), whose priory is located in Chémeré-le-Roi (France), is a traditional religious community inspired by the Dominican spirit. Disciples of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Brothers are apostles whose preaching is oriented to the salvation of souls.
The priests of the Fraternity celebrate Holy Mass
according to the traditional Dominican rite (1962 missal)
