

It was European and diversified from the start: novitiate at the ancient abbey of Clervaux (Luxembourg) first monastic vows at Farnborough (England) theological formation at the St Anselm college in Rome - also Benedictine a time of meditation at Mt Cassino. After the end of the war and again in uniform, he was assigned to the headquarters staff responsible for the demobilization of the survivors of the Russian expeditionary corps.įollowing this military phase and a brief return to civilian life, Gillet then took up his religious vocation. From this "university of captivity", where he spent two years, Gillet entered the University of Geneva, thanks to an intervention on medical grounds by the Red Cross. Book the best French course in Montgeron on Language International: Read student reviews and compare prices for 151 courses at French schools in Montgeron. Dot d'une base de loisirs moderne et fonctionnelle, le domaine de Blangy permet notamment la pratique de l'escalade toute l'anne grce un mur d'escalade de 12 mtres de hauteur Il propose aussi de multiples activits sportives de pleine nature, dont de nombreuses randonnes pied, en vlo, en cano ou encore cheval. The arrival of Russian prisoners in 1915 transformed this camp into a "vast educational operation", where the young Frenchman developed his knowledge of Russian language and culture. He was wounded, and found himself in a field hospital on the Baltic Sea, then in the prisoner-of-war camp at Altdamm in Pomerania (a "punishment camp" for "difficult" prisoners). The first part of the work comprises 100 pages devoted to Louis Gillet's youth born in Dauphine in south-east France a century ago, he went directly from the lecture theatres of the Sorbonne to the battlefield of the Somme (September 1914).
