In 1898 Dom Gerard van Caloen, a monk from Maredsous Abbey founded a new monastic community close to the site of the previous one,"The archives of the St Andrew’s Abbey, Zevenkerken (Bruges)" KADOC for the specific intention of training missionaries. Léon Ockerhout, uncle of Dom Gérard, donated seven acres of the Beisbroek area for the construction of an abbey complex. The new monastery, St. Andrew's Abbey, Zevenkerken (), was built in 1899–1900, in Neo-Romanesque-Byzantine style. In 1901, St. Andrew's Abbey was incorporated into the Brazilian Congregation, but was detached from it in 1920 to form the Congregation of the Annunciation.
