The holy places of France · Grand Est
Warmeriville Val-des-Bois
Marne, Grand Est
- Getting there
- About twenty minutes by road from Reims.
- On our way
- Via Caritatis
History
Léon Harmel ran the family spinning mill at Val-des-Bois, near Reims, from the 1850s, and set out to run it as a Christian community. Workers sat on councils that shared in the running of the mill, and the families had savings funds, housing and schools.
From 1887 he led pilgrimages of French workers to Rome, some ten thousand people in 1889, and they are counted among the influences on Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum of 1891. The group makes a short halt at Val-des-Bois to remember him.
On our way
Getting there
About twenty minutes by road from Reims.
Nearby
- ReimsThe Cathedral of the Coronations, about 11 miles as the crow flies
- CompiègneThe Town Where Joan of Arc Was Taken, about 63 miles as the crow flies
- Noisy-le-GrandNotre-Dame-des-Sans-Logis, about 83 miles as the crow flies
- VaucouleursThe Gate of France, about 84 miles as the crow flies