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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Ground Has Been Broken!

Yes, it is true! On Monday the 11th of July, 2011, the plumbing excavators came and began digging large holes and long trenches, and by the end of that week pipes had been laid ready to be hooked up to four 5,000-litre water tanks that will provide the new Holy Cross School building with water. We are delighted with the progress so far. We will keep you posted as there are new developments, but we are just so happy and relieved that now it has begun. Please pray for us and for the contractors as the work continues.

Again, thank you all who have helped us to come this far.


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of the school building construction


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