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In Rennes, the East cemetery is undoubtedly the most beautiful. It is often compared to that of Père-Lachaise. Near the MJC de la Pailette, it is quite rickety and charming which shelters the sisters of the congregation of Notre-Dame de la Charité (our article). Wrongly, we considered it the most intimate. But nay! Rue de Paris, towards Cesson, the community of the Little Sisters of the Poor hides the final resting place of a few nuns. There is Sister Saint-Aaron (who died on December 23, 1871 at the age of 26) and all her friends who sleep in the shelter of a large wall of schist and under immaculate crosses.
Here, the graves are very simple with wooden enclosures, enamel plaques and white pebbles. Here, a small stone bench invites you to pray for these nuns who, we like to think, probably knew their benefactress, Saint Jeanne Jugan. As a reminder, the famous Cancalaise (born October 25, 1792) died in Saint-Pern on August 29, 1879, a few years after Sister Saint-Aaron. Humble daughter of the people, a simple servant, moved with pity at the sight of the old people who died in abandonment, she founded an institute in Saint-Servan which, since then, has not ceased to prosper. She was beatified in 1982
Info + : On the old road to Paris, in the direction of Cesson and at the gates of Rennes, the cloister of the poor little sisterss is a place unknown to many people from Rennes. Nothing to do with that now famous of the Jacobins or with those of Saint-Melaine and the fine arts. This place is calm and atypical. Free visit provided you respect the places, the residents and… to say a little prayer in the chapel. Cloister of the Little Sisters of the Poor, rue de Paris, before Beaulieu University and a stone’s throw from the specialized hospital centre.
