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Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes, the Glossary

The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes) is a former Trappist monastery located in Le Plantay in the Dombes region, in the Ain department of eastern France.^[1]

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Aiguebelle Abbey

Aiguebelle Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Aiguebelle) is a Trappist monastery situated in the communes of Montjoyer and Réauville in the département of Drôme, on the borders of the Dauphiné and of Provence, France. Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes and Aiguebelle Abbey are Trappist monasteries in France.

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Ain

Ain (En) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France.

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The Chemin Neuf Community (Communauté du Chemin Neuf) is a Catholic community with an ecumenical vocation.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.

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Dombes

The Dombes (Arpitan: Domba) is an area in eastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded on the west by the Saône River, on the south by the Rhône, on the east by the Ain and on the north by the district of Bresse.

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Dombes Group

Groupe des Dombes, the Dombes Group, is a gathering of 20 Roman-Catholic and 20 Protestant theologians that has met regularly since 1937 in a small monastery, the Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes near Lyon, France.

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Ecumenism

Ecumenism (alternatively spelled oecumenism)also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalismis the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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Le Plantay

Le Plantay is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Paul Couturier

Paul Irénée Couturier (29 July 1881 – 24 March 1953) was a French Catholic priest and a promoter of the concept of Christian unity.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Belley–Ars

The Diocese of Belley–Ars (Latin: Dioecesis Bellicensis–Arsensis; French: Diocèse de Belley–Ars) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in France.

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Storm drain

A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs.

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Trappists

The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_Notre-Dame_des_Dombes

Also known as Abbey Notre-Dame-des-Dombes, Abbey of Our Lady of Dombes, Dombes Abbey, Notre-Dame des Dombes.