Ascot Priory

Ascot Priory, Berkshire

Ascot Priory is a former priory in Berkshire, England, established in 1861. It was the mother house of the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, a community of nuns within the Anglican Communion. It now serves as a church and a spirituality centre.[1]

Aims & activities

The objects are the furtherance of the religious and other charitable purposes of the Church of England in particular in accordance with the doctrines commonly known as Anglo-Catholic. The buildings at Ascot Priory are available to Church and other Christian groups as a retreat house and conference centre. The Priory Church also is a focus of worship and prayer throughout the liturgical year.

Early history

The community was established by Lydia Sellon[2] in 1849 as the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, the second Anglican sisterhood, to minister to the poor in the seafaring community of Devonport, hence their popular name, the Devonport Sisters. The Society expanded rapidly, and in the 1850s absorbed London communities, including the first-established, the Sisterhood of the Holy Cross ('Park Village Community').[3]

Current activity

Set in 40 acres of beautiful woodland and gardens the Priory is now a centre for Retreat and Spiritual Renewal. The Priory aims to be a place where in silence and peace God can be encountered, life renewed and hope rekindled.

There is a small regular congregation, and the main service of the week is the 10:00 Mass in the Priory Church on Sundays. There is also a daily Mass from Tuesday to Friday most weeks in the Lady Chapel. Attendance at weekday Mass is mostly those attending Retreats.

References

  1. ↑ About us from AscotPriory.org retrieved 9 March 2014
  2. ↑ Williams, Thomas J. (1950). Priscilla Lydia Sellon: the restorer, after three centuries, of the religious life in the English Church. London: SPCK.
  3. ↑ Mumm, Susan (1999). Stolen Daughters, Virgin Mothers: Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain. Leicester University Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN 0-7185-0151-9.

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Coordinates: 51°25′01″N 0°42′21″W / 51.4169°N 0.7057°W / 51.4169; -0.7057


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