Kongolo Memorial Chapel of Gentinnes

The Kongolo Chapel-Memorial, located in Gentinnes, Walloon Brabant, was erected in 1967 in memory of the missionaries who lost their lives during the serious troubles that followed the independence of Congo. Pleasantly modern in style, it lists 217 names on its front wall.

The French Spiritans, expelled from France by the Combes laws of 1901, sought refuge in Belgium for their apostolic schools. In 1903 they acquired the manor owned in Gentinnes by an Antwerp friend of the religious, and settled there their students from their colleges of Merville and Cell. There were 104 boarding students for 4 final classes in 1914. Teaching is done from a perspective of apostolic and missionary vocation. In 1919 the French Spiritans returned to their country and the college was taken over by the Belgian Spiritans.

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