La Fête de Lumière (The Festival of Light)

Every year in the diocese of Lyon, numerous initiatives are taken to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December.

Fourvière, so dear to the Marists, is illuminated with the inscription MERCI MARIE, visible from afar, in memory of the protection the people of Lyon gave her during an epidemic.

Over the years, this feast of Mary has become the FETE DES LUMIERES.