Sisters' cemetery

The cemetery of St Anna on St Bernaertsstraat is a beautiful reflection of life in a congregation (monastic community). All sisters rest under equal grave crosses.

The cemetery features a yellow brick bier house.
A bier house is a small building in a cemetery that
served as a temporary repository for the deceased. Note
The names of the sisters who rest here. On entering
a congregation, each sister is given the name of a saint
that appeals to her. That new name represents a new
life, serving God from now on.