We are a small community in part of an old monastery built in 1883 in the city of Eindhoven not far from the Belgian border which also houses several organisations working with refugees, young people in crisis and homeless people.
The monastery was handed over by the Sisters of Love in 2008 to an independent foundation which looks after the building and its maintenance. All the organisations including the Hoogstraatgemeenschap pay rent to the foundation.
We remain a registered religious organisation but we interpret ‘religious’ in the broadest possible way, more in the sense of connecting and creating spaces for connecting. None of us practise or belong to a particular religion and one of us is atheist.
We are currently compiling a reserve list in case any of the people that are in the mix for the rooms that become vacant on 1 june drop out. If you’d like to be included on the reserve list we’d like to hear from you.
The rooms may be small — or medium sized 🙂 — but there is lots of space, space for you and your ideas and feelings, and space to contribute. The idea is that people live with us for a year to find out if this is the right place for them before becoming permanent members of the community.
Take the time to be inspired by this place and what happens here and our activities, its rich history and architecture and spaces, and by the surroundings. We live a short walk from the city centre but also close to nature, the beautiful Genneper Park and a little further afield, de Strabrechtse Heide.
We are open to people of all ages and backgrounds and we are LGBQT+ friendly. We aim to be a diverse international community. We also have refugees live with us for a time through Vluchtelingen in de Knel and we are part of the Shelter City programme, as part of this we host an international human rights activist for three months of the year.
Interested? Write to us! Who are you? What are you looking for?
email : post@hoogstraatgemeenschap.info
johannes
NB Nederlandse tekst volgt nog.