from the first mentions of the monastery, there was a monastic school in it. in 2004, heguman porfirije decided to change the purpose of the object and adapted it into the drug rehabilitation center for young drug addicts, within his project "zemlja živih" ("land of the living"). the project expanded beyond the monastery so in 2006 a community was formed on the salaš in čenej, and then houses were opened in the villages of vilovo and brajkovac. a female community was formed in the monastery in bačko petrovo selo. within the scope of the program, which lasts from 12 to 36 months, there were 120 wards in 2017. they are supervised by the priests and former addicts and do numerous works, like cooking and cultivating the land, while those with artistic leanings make icons and woodcuts.