What We Do

It is the tradition of the monks to work and pray. To this end, besides daily prayers, the monks also engage their day with the work of sustaining the monastery through daily labour or diverse kind and meeting some of the needs of the needy that come to the monastery.

The monastic engagement in economic activities is not primarily for profit making or wealth acquisition but primarily for sustenanceof the monastery and service of the needy as far as possible. This paradigm is reflected in the Rule of St Benedict chapter 57:

Of the Artists of the MonasteryIf there be skilled workmen in the monastery, let them work at their art in all humility, if the Abbot giveth his permission. But if anyone of them should grow proud by reason of his art, in that he seemeth to confer a benefit on the monastery, let him be removed from that work and not return to it, unless after he hath humbled himself, the Abbot again ordereth him to do so.

But if any of the work of the artists is to be sold, let them, through whose hands the transaction must pass, see to it, that they do not presume to practice any fraud on the monastery.

Let them always be mindful of Ananias and Saphira, lest, perhaps, the death which these suffered in the body (cf Acts 5:1-11), they and all who practice any fraud in things belonging to the monastery suffer in the soul. On the other hand, as regards the prices of these things, let not the vice of avarice creep in, but let it always be given a little cheaper than it can be given by seculars, That God May Be Glorified in All Things (1 Pt 4:11).

Below is an overview of the some of the engagements of the monks:

The above consist of the core major source of income for the monks. Due to the enormous cost of running a monastery right from admitting an individual into the monastery going through years of formation required by the Canon Law (Chruch Law), the monks welcome donations for support from inviduals and groups in order to meet its material and other obligations.
 

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