Welcome to our web site
We are a contemplative monastic community of nuns and monks living under the Rule of St Benedict and part of the Church of England. The Community was founded in 1941 to pray for Christian Unity, and it is a great joy to us that since the Covenant between the Church of England and the Methodist Church in England we now have a Methodist Presbyter as a novice of the Community.
In 2008 we sold the house in Burford that had been the Community’s home for the previous 60 years and bought a derelict farm in Worcestershire. While this is being transformed into our new monastery we are living in rented accommodation in the hamlet of Broad Marston.
The new monastery, which will be known as Mucknell Abbey, is being built according to ecological principles and will include many ‘sustainable’ features.
Once we have settled into our new home, hopefully early in 2011, we look forward to welcoming guests to come to stay and share in the establishing of an atmosphere of quiet and prayerful recollection.
Our latest news will be posted here. Please visit again. Meanwhile, we ask your prayers as we prepare for this new chapter in the Community’s life.
Thank you for reading this.
With good wishes,
Abbot Stuart OSB
Brother Anthony's publication The Birds of Burford Priory 1990-2008
The Birds of Burford Priory 1990 – 2008: Since entering the Community in 1990 Br Anthony kept detailed records of the birdlife in the grounds of Burford Priory. The Oxfordshire Ornithological Society has now published a report prepared by Br Anthony as part of their Patchwork Project. Copies, beautifully illustrated by pen and ink sketches, are available priced £1.50 from The Secretary, Oxford Ornithological Society, c/o Edward Grey Institute, Zoology Department, South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PS.
