Vocations

Monastic Formation
URSBERG as it is famously known, is the name of Ndanda Abbey's formation house. Previously the place used to be an agricultural school under the leadership of the late Fr. Ursus. No wonder then the house built on a hill is called Ursberg, that is the hill of Ursus. Our brother, Johanes Mango, the first born of our abbey among the Tanzanian confreres, is the fruit of the first group who entered in 1987. The history of Ursberg as a formation house goes as far back as 1987. In that year Fr. Hildebert Walter OSB entered the place with seven candidates to form them for religious life.
On-going Formation
ALL the brothers with temporal vows have classes every Wednesday for two hours. They have also lectio divina every evening for half an hour. The community is also generous in providing the junior monks with different opportunities to participate in different courses and seminars so as to keep them up to date. Courses vary from technical training, spirituality, administrative skills, etc.