# Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Paris

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Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Paris stands in the heart of Paris as a former Benedictine abbey. The site belongs to the city’s religious and architectural heritage. It began as a priory in 1893, before receiving abbey status in 1925.

The community belonged to the Solesmes Congregation, a Benedictine network known for Gregorian chant and monastic life. That congregation includes twenty-four monasteries for monks and eight for nuns. Its members span eleven countries across Europe, Africa, and North and Central America. In 2021, the abbey closed, and the Emmanuel Community bought the premises for international seminarian formation. This Catholic association focuses on evangelisation and community life. It trains future priests within the former monastic premises.

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