Mark Greaves

Two months as a monk

A Benedictine monastery on the Isle of Wight is now accepting interns

issue 02 February 2013

Kieran Viljoen’s life sounds like a parable. Not long ago, back in South Africa, he spent his days in the depths of the ocean searching for diamonds. But for the past two months he has been living the life of a Benedictine monk.

He is one of two interns at Quarr Abbey, a monastery on the Isle of Wight.

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