Order of St. Benedict (Anglican)

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See also Order of Saint Benedict and Benedictine Confederation for information on the Roman Catholic order of this name.

The Order of St. Benedict (OSB) is a contemplative Anglican religious order of religious living in communities under the Rule of St. Benedict. Most of the communities include a confraternity of oblates. The order consists of nine independent houses:

England

  • OSB Alton, Hampshire. A community of monks founded in 1884
  • OSB Burford, Oxfordshire (Burford Priory). A mixed-sex priory with an ecumenical and multi-faith focus founded in 1941.
  • OSB Edgware, Middlesex (The Community of St. Mary at the Cross). A mixed Anglican-Ethiopian Orthodox abbey of nuns, with a mission to pastoral care of the elderly. This is the oldest extant community, having been established in 1866.
  • OSB Newbury, Berkshire (Elmore Abbey). An abbey of monks, founded in 1914.
  • OSB West Malling, England (Malling Abbey). An abbey of nuns founded in 1891.

Australia

Republic of Korea

United States

[edit] References

  • Anglican Religious Communities Yearbook: 2004-2005. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2003.

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