One of our group reports that a colleague will be spending time in France this summer looking for ‘Black Madonnas’.
My curiosity was piqued, since we had seen several of these Black Madonnas on our travels. I wondered the most basic of questions: What are the Black Madonnas? Why are they black? [...]
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For several years, we have visited with our friend Martine in the tiny village of St. Andeol de Berg which is just a few kilometers from the town of Villeneuve de Berg in Ardeche, France. She has made available her wonderful rental house to us and these stays have been a highlight of [...]
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When I checked my email this morning there was a lovely photo from Martine, our good friend in Ardeche. St. Andeol is a small village on a ridge near Villeneuve de Berg in the central-eastern part of the region. Enjoy!
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This year we will be traveling to Ardeche, the wild rocky region just west of the Rhone river and north of Gard. We have traveled there twice before because a very wonderful friend of ours has invited us to her lovely village. This year, I will focus on reviewing churches in Ardeche that we have [...]
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