Bornem Abbey

[1] The original foundation was made by Don Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem, who established a convent of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross.

During the French Revolution the buildings were sold, at the same time monastic life of Hemiksem was destroyed.

In the 19th century the abbey resurrected thanks to the support of Cardinal Mauro Cappellari (later Pope Gregory XVI), the old monks of Hemiksem returned in Bornem.

In 1835 Mgr Corselis gave the new monastic community the same rights as the old Abbey of Hemiksem.

The monks have an abbey beer, named Bornem, which is brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge.