Places of Interest: Introducing ‘Borromaeum’ Seminary

September 2, 2024. Today, Monday, is another big arrival day for the General Chapter 2024, with delegates and guests from America, India and Poland expected to arrive. The groups from America and India will be picked up personally at the airport and taken to the Motherhouse to be welcomed by the Generalate team and the Sisters of the German Province. They will then be taken to the ‘Borromaeum”’ to move into their rooms: This episcopal seminary on Cathedral Square will serve as the conference venue and provide accommodation for all participants during the General Chapter. The group from Poland, which is arriving by car, will check-in directly at the Borromaeum later tonight. The first of the six simultaneous translators will also arrive today.

The following film provides some impressions of the beautiful seminary, Borromeum. The information is also provided in the text below.

With no chapter hall at the Motherhouse, our General Chapter 2024 will be held in a Catholic seminary in the city center, at Cathedral Square, called ‘Borromaeum’ after an Italian saint. Since 1854, the Diocese of Muenster has been using this historical building for the formation of priests and as a home for divinity students. Today, the East Wing offers accommodation for male and female students of all faculties. The building was completely refurbished before the German Bishops’ Conference was hosted here in 2018. Visitors now enjoy the stylish combination of carefully preserved post-war features and modern architecture. With its large conference hall, two beautiful chapels, its comfortable rooms and full board, the Borromaeum is the perfect location for our General Chapter 2024.