Monasterio Asistencial de Monte Sión (Monasterio de Santa María de Monte Sión)
What it is
A Trappist house outside Toledo, refounded in 1970 by monks of Santa María de Huerta, that now serves as a care home where about 25 elderly Cistercian monks and nuns are looked after by five monks and professional staff. It is one of the enclosed houses supported by Fundación DeClausura.
What it needs
Roof repair is the monastery's stated priority. The roofs cover close to 2,000 square meters, with vegetation growing and broken tiles letting in water; the community asks for urgent help with part of the cost of cleaning the roofs, gutters and downpipes, replacing broken tiles and fixing the rest in place.
Before you act. The appeal pages show a target and a percentage raised, not the amount in euros.
A large vertical crack in a rammed-earth wall that faces the street has been growing and points to a serious structural problem. The appeal helps to pay for making the wall safe.
Termites were detected inside the polychrome wooden altarpiece of the convent church a few weeks before the appeal opened in late September 2026. The appeal pays for a bait-and-trap treatment planned over four years to eradicate the colony.