Twelve Benedictine monks live today in the Abbey of the Grainetière, the Herbarium. A small, well organized community in which each of the brothers has a role to play.

"Ora and labora" . Prayer and work. This is the model of life embraced by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of the Grainetière. Twelve brothers live today between these walls, built in the 12th century between Les Herbiers and Mouchamps. "We are contemplatives, summarizes the prior of the

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