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 2022.
A dream that was dreamt has now come to reality after the Sisters found a house in the Via della Pisana 332, a few metres downhill from the former rented house. It belonged to a Spanish congregation (Cristo Re – Christ the King Sisters) and served as a guest house until 2021.
November 22, 2025, marked a joyful moment as the keys to their newly – almost – completed renovated Generalate House were officially handed over by the contractors in the presence of the Sisters led by Sr Monica Mary Ncube CPS, Superior General, architects and contractors with their staff in a simple yet heartfelt ceremony.
It is a Congregational house accommodating the Generalate and House Community and is open for all the CPS Sisters. It is a house to welcome our Sisters and also other religious who want to have their conferences or recollection days outside their own institutions.
The moving began on 29th November and continued till 2nd December, 2025, with the help of a moving company and the Sisters. By December 13, 2025, the house was almost functional with community prayers. At the beginning, the Sisters went for Holy Mass to the Parish Church of St Bruno, but still during the Advent season, daily Mass took place in the smaller Visitation Chapel. Weeks of preparations for the move were well done by the Sisters. Attention was given to both functionality and simplicity, reflecting the values and charism of the Congregation.
It was a special joy that the Christmas midnight Mass could be celebrated in the newly furnished main chapel together with our CMM brothers, Fr. Michael Maß, CMM, Superior General; Fr Wenceslaus Kwindingwi, CMM (on a visit in Rome); and Brother Hansel Jason, CMM.
On January 17, 2026, the blessing of the House took place with a Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr. Charles Phukuta CICM, Superior General, in concelebration with Fr. Raphaël Mukendi CICM. Five CPS Sisters from Austria, Germany and Portugal were welcomed to join this day together with other CICM missionaries, Good Shepherd Sisters and CMMs, architects and construction company engineers and workers, friends and collaborators. “In his homily Fr. Charles emphasised that a house becomes holy not because of its architecture but because it’s a dwelling place of grace, a space where the name of God is invoked, and his love is lived. These arrangements reflect the CPS Sisters’ values of stewardship and collaboration, transforming the new Generalate into a vibrant hub for formation, governance, outreach and mission.
Sr. Monica Mary Ncube CPS, Superior General, quoting Matthew 8:20, saying that this house is a gift and a challenge for the Congregation and a sign of commitment to the mission to be grateful. She invited all members to be and make this house life-giving by living our spirituality as CPS because, according to the founder, Abbot Francis Pfanner, our mission is without boundary. This house has to be a welcoming place and a spiritual oasis to all who come here.
With a heart filled with deep gratitude Sr. Monica Mary thanked all who were involved in acquiring the house, designed it, renovated it, served as consultants and the Sisters who actively collaborated in making it a home. She extended her gratitude to Saint. Joseph, Abbot Francis Pfanner, our Father Founder, Mother Paula, our Co-Foundress, and our Pioneers and deceased Sisters. All is done and will be done for the greater honour and glory of God.
This Congregation House and Generalate serves as the global nerve centre (headquarters) for the Congregation’s membership across 20 countries, aiming to support the Sisters spiritually in their missionary services worldwide, accompanying and strengthening the mission of education and service to the poor and marginalised for decades to come.
Today the new CPS Generalate House stands not merely as a physical structure, but as a sign of renewal, unity and mission. It is a place where decisions for the Congregation will be discerned, where communion will be nurtured, and where the precious blood spirituality will continue to inspire the service of the Church and the world.
With hearts full of gratitude, we thank all those who contributed to this journey through planning, labour, support, prayers and generosity. As the Congregation settles into this new home, it does so with renewed commitment to its mission, confident that this house will serve as a space of life, welcome and faithful witness for many years to come.
