Aarle-Rixtel: In the quiet village of Aarle-Rixtel, an ancient convent once filled with the prayers of hundreds of Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS) has found new life as a sanctuary for families uprooted by the war in Ukraine. What was once a Mother House echoing with hymns has been reborn as a home of hope, resilience, and faith.

Across much of Europe, dwindling religious vocations have forced convents to close their doors, their sacred spaces sold or abandoned. Yet, the CPS Sisters in the Netherlands chose a different path one that honors both their founder’s vision and their century-old tradition of hospitality. Guided by the words of Abbot Francis Pfanner to “read the signs of the times,” the sisters opened their convent’s doors not to new novices but to those in despe

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