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25 October 2022
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We are part of the Kingdom of God, and it has no boundaries.
They abandoned the Cape Province to buy a farm near Durban in the Province of Natal. On December 26, 1882, the oxcarts carrying their supplies bogged down in a valley on their new farm. Fr.Francis decided on the spot that “Here we will build our monastery,” which he named Mariannhill in honor of Mary and her mother St. Ann.
In 1885 Francis was elected its first Abbot, but trouble was brewing. Mission life did not harmonize well with the Trappist Rule.
Although Abbot Francis loved his order and tried to keep the Rule, he had to give dispensations and make some exceptions. He was deposed as Abbot. Others took over, but could not solve the difficulty either.
Toward the end of his life he realized that the Trappist way of life was not suited for missionaries, but he never saw the day when his foundation separated from the Trappist Order. He died May 24, 1909. The decree from Rome, dated February 2, 1909, which separated the monastery from the Trappists and made it an independent community, arrived shortly after his death.
From that monastery the Congregation of the Mariannhill Missionaries has grown. It is still engaged predominantly in mission work.
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1. Mariannhill Province Two Postulants 2. The Region of Mthatha One Postulant 3. Zimbabwe Province One Postulant 4. The Region of Zambia Four Postulants 5.