Editing Monastic Order of Avallon (section)

==History==
In his Abbey of Ker Avalenn, at a place called Les Sept-Saints, near [[Le Vieux-Marché]], [[Côtes-d'Armor]], then in the abbey of Run Meno<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boudereaux |first=Christophe |title=Les Marges du christianisme: « Sectes », dissidences, ésotérisme |title-link=Les Marges du christianisme |publisher=Éditions Beauchesne |year=2001 |isbn=978-2-7010-1418-0 |editor-last=Chantin |editor-first=Jean-Pierre |editor-link=Jean-Pierre Chantin |series=[[Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine]] |location=Paris |page=128 |language=fr-FR |chapter=HILLION Herri}}</ref> built by the monks, the Monastic Order of Avallon became, under the leadership of Father Bernard Ghoul, consecrated in 1972, the largest spiritual community of [[Brittany]] in the 1970s, alongside the Cistercian abbey of Boquen led by the reformer Father Bernard Besret. The number of followers is over 500.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Pierre Chantin|author-link=Jean-Pierre Chantin|title=Des "sectes" dans la France contemporaine: 1905-2000, contestations ou innovations religieuses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OoLXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22ordre+monastique+d%27avallon%22|page=80|language=French|year=2004|publisher=Privat |isbn=978-2-7089-6855-4|access-date=26 August 2009}}</ref> It published ''Le Journal d'Avallon'' in the early 1970s.

The growth of the Order, helped by a weak internal discipline, led to the founding of a second community in Montpellier by Paul Fournier of Brescia, but it also led to the dilution of community spirit and monastic way of life. In the 1970s, several splinter groups appeared, including the Brotherhood of Druids of the West and the Celtic missionary companions.<ref>{{cite book|author=Cyril Le Tallec|title=Mouvements et sectes néo-druidiques en France: 1935-1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCOyveceVAQC&dq=%22ordre+monastique+d%27avallon%22&pg=PA103|pages=103–104|language=French|year=2004|publisher=Harmattan |isbn=978-2-296-00800-7|access-date=26 August 2009}}</ref> In 1976, after the failure of a reform project initiated by Father Bernard, the Abbey of Run Meno was gradually abandoned. The Order continued to exist, outside the monastic context, within the community of Montpellier, but it had disappeared by 1993.

The name of the Monastic Order of Avallon was perpetuated by one of its founders engaged in alternative medicine. Centers Arc-en-Ciel, the Institut Rennais de Gestion de la Santé, and the Institut Européen de Gestion de la Santé all belong to the group.

The Order was listed as a [[cult]] in the 1995 report of [[Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France|French Parliamentary Commission]] and was classified in the category of "neo-pagan" groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapport fait au nom de la Commission d'enquête sur les sectes — ''Les sectes en France''|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/rap-enq/r2468.asp|publisher=Assemblée Nationale|language=French|year=1995|access-date=25 August 2009}}</ref>