Prior to the capture of the monks, Dom Christian, the superior, wrote a testament to be opened and read if he died by violence. The text was opened on the feast of Pentecost, 26 May, shortly after the monks were killed.
Si me sucediera un día –y ese día podría ser hoy–ser víctima del terrorismo que parece querer abarcar en este momento a todos los extranjeros que viven en Argelia, yo quisiera que mi comunidad, mi Iglesia, mi familia, recuerden que mi vida estaba ENTREGADA a Dios y a este país…