NETHERLANDS - On March 24, Fr. Marco PASINATO, SMM, assistant of Superior General Fr. Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM, announced to the Superior of the Dutch Province, Fr. Peter DENNEMAN, SMM, that on behalf of the General Council, he intended to travel to the Netherlands for a visitation. It was agreed that this would start on April 7, immediately after the BDNL missionaries meeting in Marienheide, Germany. Fr. Marco is responsible for the visitation of all entities in Europe during this mandate of the General Council. He indicated that he would like to have conversations with all confreres personally, including the confreres who live independently, and then have a joint community meeting. He also would like to talk to the bursar, the archivist and the secretary...
MARIENHEIDE, Germany - From April 4 to 6, 2022, after being postponed several times due to Covid-19 measures, a follow-up meeting of the young missionaries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (BDNL) finally took place. This time in the monastery in Marienheide, Germany. Present were: Aimé, Nepo and Ghislain from Belgium, Jesu Manickam, Francis, Anand, Rayappa and Ravi from Germany and Stefan and Charles from the Netherlands. Fr. Peter DENNEMAN, SMM (sup. NL) and Fr. Gerd-Willi BERGERS, SMM (sup. D) were present as facilitators, as well as Fr. Marco PASINATO, SMM of the General Council from Rome...
SCHIMMERT, Netherlands - After the Requiem celebration on Saturday, November 6, 2021, four new menhirs were blessed at the monastery cemetery 'Op de Bies' in Schimmert by Father Peter Denneman, SMM. The 1st menhir commemorates the Daughters of Wisdom, buried throughout the world. On the 2nd and 3rd menhirs, the names of the confreres buried in Oirschot are written. The 4th menhir shows the names of the confreres reburied from Voorschoten...
OIRSCHOT, Netherlands - Many people know the former grand seminary in Oirschot (the Netherlands). In 2009, the whole complex was sold and at the end of 2011, the last group of Montfortians moved to the community in Vroenhof, Valkenburg...
VROENHOLF, Netherlands - On the 8th September 2021, the commemoration of the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, confreres in Vroenhof provincial house in the Netherlands celebrated their 2020 and 2021 jubilees. At last, it was possible to get together again. All but two confreres were present to celebrate the profession jubilee of 9 confreres and the priestly jubilee of 5 confreres...
NETHERLANDS - Today's good news comes from the Montfortians in the Netherlands. The Marian chants of Montfort were sung for pilgrims in one of the most famous sanctuaries in the Netherlands: the St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch on Sunday, May 30, 2021...
NETHERLANDS - Last week, Fr. Peter Denneman, SMM sent a letter to all the confreres of the Dutch province that states...
VROENHOF, Netherlands – The second meeting of the missionaries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands took place on...