Update on Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

[mspath]

Kim Wiĺlsher in  this article
dated 13/11/2024 published in The Guardian details a future televised visit by President Macron at the Cathedral to be held November 29 prior to the official opening in December.

Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire

French president to give ‘republican and secular’ speech outside monument days before it reopens to public

www.theguardian.com

 

[VNwalking]

The memories of the night Notre Dame burned are still so vivid - I remember exactly where I was, and the deep shocked sadness.

What a joy that it will soon open again, restored to glory.
Thanks, @mspath!

 

[Albertagirl]

Saturday at 2:02 PM
Albertagirl
My first journey to the camino Frances was by way of Paris, then south to Spain. I had visited Paris previously, but this was my first time to worship at Notre Dame. I was impressed by the service, which included Bible readings and a sermon in English and a couple of non-French European languages. I felt that this was a place where I, as a Christian, was welcome to worship and aided in doing so. I was dismayed at the news of the fire. Now that I have seen on television the last stages of building repairs and news of the re-opening, I hope to make the same journey again, to be welcomed by French Christians before going on to the camino in Spain.

 

[Anna Cameron]

I am going to France next week and will be in Paris during the re-opening of the Cathedral!
I have had no luck finding any way to attend the ceremonies on December 8th, but am now (im)patiently waiting until the system of ticketing opens up,around Dec 1st, to gain entry soon after the 8th. While waiting in Paris, I plan to make a mini pilgrimage to Chartres, along the beginning of the Via Turonensis. All of this inspired by the magnificent efforts of the French to restore Notre-Dame-de-Paris to her glory.