Category: Allgemein

Renewing the missionary zeal, empowered to serve

In July, the Generalate of the CPS Sisters in Rome hosted a three-day workshop for temporarily professed sisters from different African countries, who are currently serving on mission in various countries across Europe. The gathering provided a valuable opportunity for the Sisters to come together, reflect on their vocation, and renew their missionary commitment in […]

“Onward – Forward as Missionaries”

In May 2026, the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood held a 3-week meeting at their generalate house in Rome. The participants were the leaders of the different provinces and regions, together with the procurators. Under the theme “Onwards – Forward as Missionaries”, inspired by St Paul, we hear his call echo in our hearts: […]

His Foundations Today

Mariastern – Mariannhill – Emaus – CMM – CPS     2026 When Abbot Francis died at Emaus Mission on May 24, 1909, his life had become quiet and lonely. However, he remains unforgotten because his principal foundations, though no longer part of the Trappist Order, have survived him to this day (2026) and do not […]

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 […]