In 2019, the Benedictine nuns moved to a convent built for the elderly on the Venusberg in Bonn. The guest house took over the neighboring Salvatorian monastery as "Haus St. Benedikt". Future home of the Maria Frieden Trappist Abbey in Dahlem.

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R.Bungartz

November 5, 2022

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This guest house is the former Benedictine abbey of Maria Heimsuchung. This abbey was run by the Benedictine sisters as an independent guest house for decades. For reasons of age, the community decided in 2019 to move to an age-appropriate monastery. The community has found its new home on the Venusberg in Bonn.
The Steinfeld monastery now runs the guest house in the spirit of the sisters. Source: kloster-steinfeld.com/de/haus-stbenedikt

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JakobusPilger

July 28, 2022

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The patronage of this former abbey, "Visitation of Mary (or in another spelling: Visitation of Mary), refers to one of the many memorial days or festivals in honor of the …

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