Meaning "long wood" in ancient times, Lombreuil is a small village of 289 inhabitants which are called: the Lumbar.
This town that depends Township Amilly, covers 756 hectares.
the center of the village is the manor house, which for fifty years belongs Brothers to the Missionaries of the campaigns.
In 1947, Sister Ghislaine Aubé founded the Congregation of Sisters of campaigns at this time, they were the number of 5 young women.
Then in 1955 the mansion became the Priory of Our Lady of Bethlehem, and is home to the Sisters of campaigns, which are currently at number 8.
Lombreuil The Priory has a unique mission in relation to other Priories of the Sisters of the campaigns, because it is the "Family House" of the congregation.
In fact, the priory hosts not only the sisters of campaigns, but also sisters of passage that live in Africa.
Another community of sisters living in Campaigns Ladon.
In France the Sisters campaigns are distributed in 13 priories and in Africa there are 3:
- A Burkina Faso
- one in Benin ,
- and finally one in Togo.
Not far from the mansion, the church of St dated 16 Baudel that th century and was restored in 1875.
bell tower boom and its caquetoire wood are very picturesque
Finally, below the village church, runs Limetin, a charming little river, taking its source in edge of the forest of Orleans, near the pond "the Bishop Ford" and joins Bezonde the St. Maurice-sur-Fessard.
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