Introduction to the community
Founded in 1893 by Father Herbert Kelly, the Society is a means of uniting the devotion of ordinary people, using it in the service of the Church. Members of the Society share a common life of prayer and fellowship in a variety of educational, pastoral and community activities in England, Australia, Japan, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Contact details
Address: St Antony’s Priory, Claypath, Durham DH1 1QT, UK
Community information
Bishop Visitor: Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely
Publications
Herbert Kelly SSM, An Idea in the Working, SSM Press, Kelham, 1908.
Alistair Mason, SSM: History of the Society of the Sacred Mission, Canterbury Press, Norwich, 1993.
Ralph Martin SSM, Towards a New day: a monk’s story, Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 2015.
Third Order, Fellowship, Associates
Companions are men and women who support the aims of the Society without being closely related to any of its work. They consecrate their lives in loving response to a vocation to deepen their understanding of God’s will, and to persevere more devotedly in commitments already made: baptism, marriage or ordination.
Leadership
Provincial
Membership
Jonathan Ewer
Andrew Muramatsu
Edmund Wheat
Robert Stretton
20 Nov 2018 – Mary Hartwell, aged 95, professed 19 years
22 Jul 2022 – Frank Green, aged 98, professed 70 years
