Conference to discover Father Delavay

Aug
10
2024

Cultural

Saturday 10 August from 09h30 to 12h00

Saturday 10 August 2024 between 9.30 am and 12 pm.

Free event

An eco-spirituality: contemplating the Father in his Creation
Access map and contacts

La Colombière
Route des Grandes Alpes
74260 Les Gets

Itinerary

Opening time

Saturday 10 August 2024 between 9.30 am and 12 pm.

L’écologie intégrale de ""Laudato Si"" (Lettre Encyclique du Pape François) expérimentée sur un site naturel : le jardin botanique du Père Jean-Marie Delavay, MEP, missionnaire en Chine, botaniste, et natif des Gets.

Intervenants : MM. Denis Coupat et Didier Clerc, diacres, service diocésain « Ecologie Intégrale »
Access map and contacts

La Colombière
Route des Grandes Alpes
74260 Les Gets

Itinerary

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Pere Delavay's botanical Garden

Take a 19th-century botanist and priest from Les Gets, add three missions to China to search for a sacred plant, plus a few hazardous voyages, and the result is the Delavay Gardens. This unique collection of plants is an authentic showcase for our living heritage.
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Priest Delavay botanical garden's visit

Come and retrace the life of the famous Gêtois, Jean-Marie Delavay, and (re)discover the garden dressed in its autumn colours.