for families, the rediscovery of their ancestors
On February 16, 1943, the French state established the Compulsory Labor Service based on the model of military service. Men born between…
“The mystery of Stonehenge grabbed me”
Dear fellow citizen – because you have just obtained French nationality! –, why did you want to be welcomed among the “grumbling…
are the laity the future of the Church?
Dare to dialogue in the Church “They changed the mass for us!” In 1970, when the new so-called Paul VI missal was…
50 French people beatified at Notre-Dame de Paris
It is the story of a national trauma. The Compulsory Labor Service (STO) was set up by the French state on February…
how the Tombée du Nid association supports exhausted parents
In the entrance to a pavilion in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), we prepare for a unique walk. Caroline delicately closes the straps of Ulysse’s,…
our selection of 5 beautiful books to celebrate the 7th art
1. “The Light Adventure” by Thierry Frémeaux Ed. Actes Sud/Institut Lumière, 480 p., 53 euros. At the head of the Lumière Institute…
Christian movements in France: decline or revival?
The bell towers of parish churches are not the only ones to evoke the vitality of the Catholic Church in France! Thus,…
“Lady Nazca”, the destiny of a mathematician passionate about the lines of the Peruvian desert
When she first discovered immense geometric figures on the ground of the Peruvian desert, Maria Reiche (1903-1998) did not yet know that…
“Museums have a democratic role to play”
Why organize a major exhibition on mummies? The Musée de l’Homme has seventy human bodies in its collections. We cannot ignore them…
DNA and x-rays reveal their secrets
Since the Middle Ages and the creation of the very first “cabinets of curiosities”, these ancestors of museums, mummies have fascinated. Because…