Community of 

			St John Baptist

			
CSJB

			
Founded 1852


			


			The Priory

			2 Spring Hill Road

			Begbroke

			Kidlington

			Oxford OX5 1RX

			Tel: 01865 855320

			Fax: 01865 855336

			Email: csjbclewer@dial.pipex.com


			


			

			

			Registered Charity: 

			No. 236939
		

	

	

		 
	







Founded by Harriet Monsell and Thomas Thelluson Carter to help women rejected by the rest of society, we are
now a Community of women who seek to offer our gifts to God in various ways. These include parish and retreat work,
spiritual direction, and ministry to the elderly. One Sister is ordained to the priesthood and is working in an
Oxford parish: another Sister is also training for ordination.   We have links with the Justice and Peace movement
and are specially committed to prayer for peace.   Our links abroad include a relationship with the sisters of
our affiliated Community at Mendham, New Jersey, USA. 

Daily life centres around the Eucharist and the Divine Office, and we live under the threefold vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience. Following the Rule of St Augustine, we are encouraged to grow into 'an ever-deepening commitment
of love for God and for each other as we strive to show forth the attractiveness of Christ to the world'.





Mother Jane Olive CSJB

(Reverend Mother Superior, installed 19 August 1992) 

Sister Zoe CSJB (Assistant Superior)




For further details, obtain a copy of

The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book



or connect to the CSJB Website.