Religious orders and congregations

Tegelen

Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at prayer in the choir, Nazareth convent in Tegelen, the Netherlands. Each of the kneeling sisters has a rope around her neck, indicating that they are prisoners of God’s love. The nun kneeling in the middle of the choir is holding with her hands a candelabrum-pillory to which she is bound for an hour, after which time she will be replaced by another sister.