Category: Allgemein

Opening of the new CPS Generalate House in Rome

The Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS) have long since been in Rome, Italy, for the first Sisters arrived in Rome in 1969. Over the past years the Sisters were discerning of having their own Congregational house in Rome. A decision to purchase a suitable house was made during the General Chapter in August/September […]

Francis Wendelin Pfanner – 200 years A Saint?

God alone is holy. A human being is holy only insofar as he shares in God’s holiness. He can do this through Christ, who called himself “The Way.” There is no other way. Was Francis Pfanner a saint? In other words: How can a saint be recognized? Since the incarnate Son of God is The […]

Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood 1885 – 1939

Francis Wendelin Pfanner – 200 Years “We can’t run our missions without the help of women,” Abbot Francis said in 1885. He appealed to young and not so young women to come to Mariannhill and introduced the first twelve who arrived as “my helpers” to Bishop Jolivet of Natal. German women alongside “Silent Monks” in […]

The Missionaries of Mariannhill 1909-39

It is not only monasteries and mission stations that can be traced back to the monk-missionary Francis Pfanner, but also religious communities. Although “The Missionaries of Mariannhill” (CMM) were not founded by Abbot Francis, they owe themselves to his inspiration. By their present constitutions, they want to “remain faithful to the spirit of Abbot Francis […]

The Monk-Missionary 1886-1909

The third article of this series was about the priest, Wendelin Pfanner, who at age 38 became a Trappist. In this article the question is: How did the monk Francis turn missionary? The short answer is: by God’s design; the long answer: by a painful process in fidelity to his calling. Unlikely though it may […]

Franz Wendelin Pfanner – 200 Years

Emaus 1894 – 1909 Emaus is Abbot Francis’s last foundation. The events that led up to its beginnings are quickly told. On October 13, 1892, the Trappist General Chapter removed the founder, Francis Pfanner, from office as abbot of Mariannhill. It was a disciplinary measure imposed on him at the recommendation of Abbot F. Strunk […]

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF GOD’S FAVOUR

Biblically: every seventh year was to be a year when there would be no planting or sowing of crops, the land would rest, that is, have a Sabbath. The year of Jubilee grows out of, and completes seven Sabbath years (forty-nine years in all), being the fiftieth year. (c.f. Lev.25 & 26, and Isaiah 61:1-4.) […]

General Chapter 2022 – Our New General Leadership Team is Complete!

We welcome and thank our Sisters who gave their FIAT on September 6 and 7, 2022 to serve the congregation for the next 5 years: Sr. Monica Mary Ncube CPS (Zimbabwe/Canada)  – Superior General Sr. Marian Maskulak CPS (USA) – Vicar General and Representative Sr. Walburga Ballhausen CPS (Germany) – 2nd General Assistant Sr. Pauline […]