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Monastery Missionary Franciscan Sisters

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Wilhelminastraat 27
5721 KG Asten
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The monastery is not open to the public. National monument from 1870.

Originally dating from around 1870, the villa Semper Virens, owned by the Bluijssen family, was converted by Hendrik Vorstermans into a convent (“Ave Maria”) for French missionary nuns in 1910. Apart from a chapel, the villa's façade was decorated with a St Francis with child framed in neo-classical style. Eleven years later, the house was taken over by, the Franciscan Missionaries of Saint Anthony, founded by G.W. van Schijndel in 1913.

Did you know that the missionary sisters did missionary work in many countries? For example, mission sisters went to Norway, Belgian Congo, Indonesia, Aruba and Brazil.

On the street side is a niche with …

The monastery is not open to the public. National monument from 1870.

Originally dating from around 1870, the villa Semper Virens, owned by the Bluijssen family, was converted by Hendrik Vorstermans into a convent (“Ave Maria”) for French missionary nuns in 1910. Apart from a chapel, the villa's façade was decorated with a St Francis with child framed in neo-classical style. Eleven years later, the house was taken over by, the Franciscan Missionaries of Saint Anthony, founded by G.W. van Schijndel in 1913.

Did you know that the missionary sisters did missionary work in many countries? For example, mission sisters went to Norway, Belgian Congo, Indonesia, Aruba and Brazil.

On the street side is a niche with a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua with child on his arm. Inside the building are a Delft blue toilet bowl and fountain of similar design. Near the main entrance is a bricked-in panel with the greeting “Peace and all good wishes”. This greeting is a kind of motto of Francis of Assisi.

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