The Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame de la Fille-Dieu is located east of Romont, at the foot of the mound that gave its name to the city.

Marguerite Bays has maintained a very strong bond with the community of the Sisters of the Girl God. She liked to go there to pray, she received the Bishop's authorization to live the annual retreat at the end of the year with the nuns. Her godchild, Alphonsine Menétrey, for whom she had asked God in her heart for the grace of religious vocation on the baptismal font, will enter as a postulant on September 8, 1865, the anniversary of Margarita's 50th birthday.
Alphonsine took the name of Sister Lutgarde and was named Abbess of the Abbey on December 23rd 1886.

You can go to the reception of the Fille-Dieu according to the opening hours below.

Address and contact details

Abbey of the Girl God
Route de Fribourg 2
1680 Romont FR

Abbey website

See on the map

Opening hours of the Reception

In the morning
from 8:30 am to 9:00 am
from 9:30 to 11:30 am

In the afternoon
from 14h30 to 16h45

Contact person
Sister Marie Samuel
Telephone number : +41 26 651 90 10
Email : office@fille-dieu.ch

Access

By car
A large car park is located in front of the Abbey of the Girl God.

By public transport
Take the train to Romont and then take the bus to Fribourg. Stop: Les Chavannes-sous-Romont. Schedules.

Access for all
The Abbey of the Girl God is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Other information

Monastic store
The Monastic store offers among other things mustards, sauces and "homemade" jams as well as various religious objects.

Schedules of celebrations at La Fille-Dieu