 Dom Porion in particular, who entered the monastery in 1921, caused many French artists and intellectuals to visit Valsainte, which resulted in numerous conversions.Jacques Loew, for example, was converted to Catholicism while attending a mass celebrated at Valsainte in the silence of dawn.The community, in 2007, comprised around 20 (including 12 Fathers and 8 Brothers), whose average age is over 60.