Anglican Religious Life

A yearbook of religious orders and communities in

the Anglican Communion and tertiaries, oblates,

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COMMUNITY OF ST JOHN BAPTIST   CSJB

 

 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.  Two sisters are ordained to the priesthood: one is associate minister in a nearby benefice; the other is chaplain to the homeless community in the centre of Oxford.  Both preside regularly at the Community Eucharist.  We have links with the Justice and Peace Movement and are specially committed to prayer for peace.  There are close links with the sisters of our affiliated community at Mendham, New Jersey, USA (see separate entry).

 Daily life centres on 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'.

 

The Community of St John Baptist, The Priory, 2 Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1RX

Tel: 01865 855320   Fax: 01865 855336

Email: csjbteam@csjb.co.uk

 

 

Website: www.csjb.org.uk

 

 

Registered Charity No: 236939

 

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