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Mvimwa Abbey, a thriving monastic community in the remote Sumbawanga region of Tanzania, became an abbey in 2001 and now numbers more than 80 monks. Mvimwa Abbey celebrated All Saints Day this year by laying the foundation for its new abbey church. Read about the festive day here, with photos.
Significant strides have been made to bring about deeper understanding and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in Africa, through the Benedictine effort of Monastic-Muslim Dialogue. See here for a presentation of this great ongoing work, radio podcast (German) and transcript (German and English).
The monastic community of Bose has conducted its 26th International Ecumenical Symposium of Orthodox Spirituality on the theme of Discernment and Christian Life, in the spirit of deepening the communion shared between members of the Body of Christ as well as among the Churches. See details here.