Introduction to the community
We are a contemplative community whose particular work within the whole body of Christ is worship, thanksgiving and intercession. We continue to live the Augustinian monastic tradition of prayer, silence, fellowship and solitude. The Eucharist is the centre of our life, where we find ourselves most deeply united with Christ, one another and all for whom we pray. The work of prayer is continued in the Divine Office, in the Watch before the Blessed Sacrament and in our whole life of work, reading, creating, and learning to live together. In 2023, the community moved from Burnham Abbey to live alongside the Community of the Sisters of the Church in Gerrards Cross.
Contact details
Address: St Michael’s Convent, Vicarage Way, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8AT
Prayer requests: intercessions@burnhamabbey.org
Hospitality: gxhospitality@sistersofthechurch.org
Community information
Bishop Visitor:
Publications
Sister Felicity Mary SPB, Mother Millicent Mary of the Will of God, Macmillan, London, 1968.
Booklets and leaflets on the history and life of the abbey and the Community.
Third Order, Fellowship, Associates
Oblates are men and women who feel drawn by God to express the spirit of the Society, united with the Sisters in their life of worship, thanksgiving and intercession. They live out their dedication in their own situation and make a yearly Promise.
Men and women who desire to share in the prayer and work of the Society but cannot make as full a commitment to saying the Office may be admitted as Companions.
For information about living alongside the Community, please see the website.
Leadership
Reverend Mother: Sister Victoria Mary SPB
Assumed office 6 August 2011
Membership
Sister Mary Bernard
Sister Jane Mary
Sister Mary Laurence
Sister Mary Philip
Sister Mary Benedict
Sister Miriam Mary
Sister Grace Mary
31 Aug 2017 – Sister Dorothy Mary, aged 85, professed 54 years
2 Dec 2020 – Margaret Mary, aged 90, professed 65 years, Reverend Mother 1988-1998
