the marathon of a country priest during the Christmas holidays

Father Benoît Brentot, a parish priest of Saint-Valéry-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime) is, on the evening of Friday, December 24, a backpacker. From 4 p.m. to midnight, he crisscrosses the Normandy valley and performs masses: four in total. At the second office, his voice resonates in the church of Saint-Valery-en-Caux. “It’s a new world if we want to get closer “, he says.

For their part, the faithful are won over by the priest. “He had some very good ideas “, indicates a faithful of the parish. “It is intense in the celebrations, intense in the prayer and then in the joy of shared Christmas. It is true that the watch is a bit like the stopwatch which pushes me so as not to be late for the various offices “, confides the priest. As soon as the mass is over, the priest takes the direction of his presbytery located 20 meters away, for a little rest.