The Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery, at Hillandale, 8km from Grahamstown on the Highlands Road, is a monastic community of the Order of the Holy Cross.
The Order is a Benedictine Anglican monastic community founded in 1884 by James Otis Sargent Huntington to provide a specifically North American expression of monasticism.
The Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery, at Hillandale, 8km from Grahamstown on the Highlands Road, is a monastic community of the Order of the Holy Cross.
The Order is a Benedictine Anglican monastic community founded in 1884 by James Otis Sargent Huntington to provide a specifically North American expression of monasticism.
The Order is comprised of four houses in the US, Canada, and South Africa.
Members describe themselves as living in community under the threefold vow of obedience, stability, and conversion to the Monastic way of life as stated in the Rule of St. Benedict.
Additional source: http://www.holycrossmonastery.com MUSICAL MONK… John Forbis, a brother at the Mariya uMama we Themba Monastery just outside Grahamstown, started out as a jazz musician. He addressed the Friends of the Library, in their weekly talk, on the monastic way of life. He also introduced his new book, From the Desert to the Heart: A Brief History of Monastic Spirituality.
