Page "Boekel" Paragraph 9

Because the neighboring provinces of Brabant and Gelderland from 1648 officially fall under the States-General, this Land van Ravenstein more and more was seen as " foreign ".

The religious freedom provided opportunities for Catholics in the States of Brabant.

So the Catholics of Erp built their own barn church on the border with Boekel.

Due to the religious freedom several Catholic religious orders settled in the Land of Ravenstein.

In 1741 members of the Brothers Penitents, from the Handelse Kluis themselves wanted to settle in Boekel.

Led by Daniël de Brouwer the brothers laid the foundations for the Psychiatric Hospital House Padua.