FHN Centre
Kloster Altenhohenau 

Fadi Krikor says:
“Around 2013 – during a prayer time – I suddenly had the thought: “Buy a monastery!” I thought about these words for some time and decided to contact a real estate agent here in Germany to find out if there was actually one Monastery was for sale. The idea of ​​purchasing a monastery seemed far-fetched to my common sense, but the words resonated in my mind.

 

To my amazement, there was actually a monastery for sale, and to my greater amazement, it was less than half an hour from where I lived! When I entered the monastery grounds, I immediately had the impression: “Yes, this is it!”. However, there were more than 20 interested buyers, primarily Catholic organizations, so the natural conditions gave little hope of being considered as buyers for the monastery. When Sister Gloria, the mother of the Dominican order, asked us about a concept for what we would use this 800-year-old monastery for, our hopes dwindled even further. For them, the concept was one of the most important factors in selling the monastery! But we had no concept.

After a few months, a miracle happened: Sister Gloria contacted us and told us: “250 sisters in the USA and Mexico have been praying intensively for the last three months, and we heard clearly from the LORD that we are selling the monastery to the Krikor family should!" Although we had no concept, the Lord had arranged for the monastery to be sold to us. Because the LORD Himself had a concept and knew what this monastery would serve and soon after, the Father’s House for all Nations (FHN) was born.”