Montfort Spirituality centre (MSC), Bengaluru is an Institute situated on the Old Madras road (Vivekananda Road), Indiranagar, Bengaluru close to the Metro station known as Sri Vivekananda Road.
Montfort Spirituality Centre is owned and administered by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, India with its administrative office at MSC itself. It is jointly owned by the seven Indian Provinces of the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, in India. It is a place where different groups and/or denominations come to conduct different types of ‘spiritually oriented’ or ‘person oriented’ programs and is opened to any group, without discrimination, who believes in the aspect of human development and spiritual growth of individual person. The Brothers of Provinces in India and world over are inspired by the life and mission of 18th Century saint known as St. Louis Marie de Montfort.
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January 1673 – 28 April 1716) was a French Roman Catholic priest and Confessor. He was known in his time as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. He was a spiritual guide and mystic.
Montfort found time to write a number of books which went on to become classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. Montfort is known for his particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the practice of praying the Rosary.
Montfort is considered as one of the early writers in the field of Mariology. His most notable works regarding Marian devotions are contained in The Secret of Mary and the True Devotion to Mary.
He founded three congregations. One for women religious and two for men religious. Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel is one of these three congregations.
The Roman Catholic Church, under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, canonized Montfort on July 20, 1947.
His spirituality could be summarized as: