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Benedictine Sisters of Bethany
:''For other orders of a similar name, see Sisters of Bethany.''
The Benedictine Sisters of Bethany (EBSB) is a religious Order for women within the Anglican Church in Cameroon, West Africa. Its mother house (main convent) is in Bamenda. Its principal work is the care of orphaned street children.
==History==
The community's history begins with the Emmanuel Sisterhood, an order of nuns in the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon. One of the sisters of this order, Sister Jane Mankaa, who joined the community aged 16, felt a strong calling years later to convert to the Anglican Communion and start new work with homeless street children.〔Anglican Religious Life 2012-13, Canterbury Press, Norwich, ISBN 978-1-84825-089-5, page 145.〕 She did so, but with the permission of the Bishop of Cameroon, she remained living under vows and adopted the Benedictine Rule. After studying convent management in the United States for one year and living with the Episcopal Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham, New Jersey, Sister Jane returned to Cameroon. Women gathered around her to learn from her and the Benedictine Sisters of Bethany were born. The order became Cameroon's first Anglican religious community.〔The community is referenced on the international and interdenominational (website ) of the worldwide Benedictine Order.〕 The community is called the "Benedictine Sisters of Bethany" (BSB), but sisters use the post-nominal initials EBSB, in which the "E" is a reference to "Emmanuel", the sisterhood in which Sr Jane first took vows.〔Anglican Religious Life 2012-13, Canterbury Press, Norwich, ISBN 978-1-84825-089-5, page 200.〕
In Bamenda, a convent and dormitory with chapel and refectory have been constructed. Redeemer Nursery School is in operation on the compound. The Roberto Rovere Health Clinic is under construction on site to meet the needs of the children and area villagers. Plans are currently underway to construct Good Shepherd Academy, Anglican, a co-ed secondary/high school for 600 residential students in Bafut, Cameroon. 〔http://www.goodshepherdhome.org〕 There are future plans to construct a residential home and hospice for children with AIDS.
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