The Congregation of the Servants of Mary...

...on the footsteps of Father Cestac

Servants of Mary, we express our vocation by our name: 

the Holy Virgin Mary is our mother and our guide in our spiritual life. 

The source place or origin of the Congregation, Notre Dame du Refuge (Our Lady of Refuge),

with the Monastery of St. Bernard, remains the welcoming centre for spiritual, social and educational needs.


Present on 4 continents, our communities

from Africa (Ivory Coast), Latin America (Argentina and Uruguay),

Asia (India) and Europe (Spain and France),

share daily life in the service of life, in fidelity to the Spirit received...

Our actualities

HOLY WEEK, A TIME OF GRACE TO OPEN THE DOORS OF OUR HEARTS
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HOLY WEEK, A TIME OF GRACE TO OPEN THE DOORS OF OUR HEARTS

Open up and get out, that's what we're asked to do... After Palm Sunday, we enter Holy Week with our live and its ambiguities,...

5 March 2024
LENT, AN INVITATION TO RETURN TO WHAT IS ESSENTIAL
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LENT, AN INVITATION TO RETURN TO WHAT IS ESSENTIAL

Lent: a time of journey, of renewal and hope... Lent is a time to believe, that is, to welcome God into our lives and...

25 February 2024

Testimonies

Our communities in the world

Our mission

Rooted in a life of prayer, as Servants of Mary we are sent to serve God by serving our brothers, preferably the poor and the little ones, to proclaim the Good News and to reveal the face of Mary "as a sign of hope for peoples".

In Father Cestac's footsteps, today we are continuing the social, educational, spiritual mission differently. Also, by the creation of associations and foundations, the spirit of the Good Father continues to restore the taste for life, to the women and men of our time.

SOCIAL


Day Care Centre Pakalveedu
KONOOR - INDIA

Shelter Le Refuge
Toupah - IVORY COAST

Association Missions Père Cestac
Anglet - FRANCE

Foundation María de Belen
Goya - ARGENTINA

Association Accueil et Relais
Arras - FRANCE

Maria Nikethan Day Care Centre
Gudalur - INDIA

Shelter Maria Bhavan
Shantigiri - INDIA

Dispensary Maria Deephti
Panakahalli - INDIA

Foundation Gizaide
San Sebastián - SPAIN

EDUCATIONAL


Educational establishment Maria Deephti
Panakahalli - INDIA

Sainte Foy School
Toulouse - FRANCE

Parish school
Konoor - INDIA

Parish school
Shantigiri - INDIA

Technical College
Nay-Baudreix - FRANCE

School group Stella Maris
Anglet - FRANCE

Institute La Milagrosa
Llavallol - ARGENTINE

Morning Star School
Chapirevula - INDIA

Boarding school Notre Dame
Adzopé - IVORY COAST

Educational foundation Santo Domingo
Burlada - SPAIN

Institute Nuestra Señora
Monte Grande - ARGENTINA

Sainte Marie School
Biarritz - FRANCE

SPIRITUAL


Our Communities
FRANCE

Community of Bernardines
ANGLET - FRANCE

Our Communities
ARGENTINA

Our Communities
SPAIN

Our Communities
INDIA

Our Communities
IVORY COAST

Our Communities
URUGUAY

AND...


The plantations
FRANCE - AFRICA - INDIA

Les Jardins du Refuge
Anglet - FRANCE

Rice fields
Chapirevula - INDIA

Teak plantation
Akacomoekro - IVORY COAST