Monastery of Christ the Word

The Monastery of Christ the Word is a priory of the English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) located in Macheke, Zimbabwe, within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Harare. The monastery is a daughter house of Ampleforth Abbey, whose monks formed the community in 1996 at the invitation of Archbishop Chakaipa and his fellow Zimbabwean bishops, who were desirous of a monastic presence in their country.

Today, the monastic community is made up of 3 solemnly professed monks of Ampleforth and two simply professed Zimbabwean monks, living according to the Rule of St. Benedict.

References

"Ampleforth Abbey: Zimbabwe". Ampleforth Abbey. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

External links

Monastery of Christ the Word website

English Benedictine Congregation

Independent Houses	Ampleforth Abbey Belmont Abbey Buckfast Abbey Colwich Abbey Curzon Park Abbey Douai Abbey Downside Abbey Ealing Abbey Portsmouth Abbey Saint Anselm's Abbey Saint Louis Abbey Stanbrook Abbey Worth Abbey

Dependent Houses	Priory of the Incarnation Monastery of Christ the Word

Schools	Ampleforth College Douai School Downside School Portsmouth Abbey School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. Benedict's School St. Louis Priory School Worth School

Former Houses	Fort Augustus Abbey Lamspringe Abbey Sherborne Abbey Westminster Abbey