St. Elisabeth Monastery (Schaan)

The St. Elisabeth Monastery in Schaan (Liechtenstein) is a women's monastery founded in 1935 for the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (Adoratrices Sanguinis Christi, ASC).

history

Since 1920 a community of ASC sisters lived in the Gutenberg house (Balzers) . In 1935 the community moved to the monastery in Schaan, which was built according to plans by the Austrian architect Arthur Wander . Until 1994/95 the sisters ran a school, the "Institut St. Elisabeth". Since 2003 the monastery community has been offering pastoral offers in cooperation with the association for an open church in the project “Bread and Roses”.

Web links

• Website of the monastery
• Martina Sochin D'Elia: Saint Elisabeth (monastery). In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .