A well-trained pastor
Pierre Noury was born on the 15th of May 1743 in Lauzach, a small parish in Morbihan, Brittany.
He received a sound education at the Jesuit College, then at the Major Seminary of Vannes and was nominated “rector” (parish priest) of Bignan in 1771.
A man of study and prayer, familiar with the Bible, he was concerned that his parishioners should be able to live by an enlightened and at the same time warm faith, which would enable them to withstand the trials of a future that he foresaw as dark. His passion was preaching.
A pastor, friend of the poor
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the instruction of boys and the education of girls”.
A pastor in exile: a spiritual author
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A difficult return

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A pastor who passed on the flame
Father Noury did not see the realisation of his project. Like the grain of wheat that falls into the ground, this project entered into a slow phase of germination. Two women tertiaries, Anne Jehanno and Yvonne Forget, and then the future rector of Bignan, Yves-Marie Coëffic, would allow the grain of wheat to bear fruit.