GUESTHOUSE

Benedictine monasteries are never without guests, and the guesthouse at Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery continues a Benedictine tradition centuries old of offering hospitality to both individuals and groups. We can sleep 24 people in 17 rooms contained in three different buildings ...

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Love must act as light must shine and fire must burn
- Fr. James Otis Sargent Huntington, founder of the Order of the Holy Cross

 
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A Friend Returns

We are fortunate to have the Rev. Elizabeth Broyles with us again as she makes her second visit to our monastery. She is with us for three months on a long-term sabbatical. Initially, she was filling in for Br. Robert James while he was away at the Monastic Formators Programme in Italy and then visiting his family and friends in the US, and she continues to alternate with him in presiding at our daily Eucharist. Elizabeth was previously with us about a year ago, filling in for Br. Robert James then as well, and we are so delighted that she wanted to return to us. She will be with us until September.

Elizabeth is a long-time friend of the Order of the Holy Cross, having a good and long association with the Order's house in West Park, and now she has established her relationship with us as well.

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