The monastery was built in 1932 and designed by the architect B.J. Koldewey, in collaboration with W.C.A. Kroese. The monastery complex consisted of three parts: a boarding school for girls, the Lyceum "Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Eem" and the nursery school "Sint-Agnes". In total, the Eem Monastery provided accommodation for about 500 sisters and girls. The sisters belonged to the Sisters of Our Lady of Amersfoort, a congregation founded in 1822 which was concerned with teaching and the Catholic faith.
The pupils of the boarding school Our Lady of Eem stayed in so-called sister-chambrettes. The Eem Monastery has many important events. Pope John Paul II, for example, stayed in the convent of Our Lady of Eem during his visit to the Netherlands in 1985. The meetings of the Dutch Bishops' Conference were also held here from 1984 to 1998. Finally, the last sisters left in 2008.
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