FANJEAUX

Summer Seminar 2019

Carcassonne, France

March of the Dominican penguins

 from California to France.

We met in Toulouse and traveled to our home in Carcassonne at the Notre-Dame de l’Abbaye.

36 pilgrims studied together every morning and journeyed on afternoon excursions

Fanjeaux

Fanjeaux Coat of Arms

 with red and yellow Occitanie Cathar Cross



Historic Monument sign

Sr Patty teaching our group at Prouilhe, near Fanjeaux, the cradle of the Dominicans and the first Dominican house, a monastery for nuns founded by Dominic in 1207

Panorama views of the Languedoc from Fanjeaux Seignadou terrace

Panorama views of the Languedoc from Fanjeaux Seignadou terrace

Panorama views of the Pyrenees from Fanjeaux Seignadou terrace

Approaching Fanjeaux hilltop village, an ancient fortified Castrum

Pilgrimage sign for Sentier de Piémont across the northern Pyrenees from Carcassonne to Lourdes on the Camino Francés alternative to the Camino de Santiago

Entrance door to Maison Dominic the House of Dominic in Fanjeaux, from 1206-1215 with medieval locks

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