Order of St. Benedict (Anglican)

See also Order of Saint Benedict (Orthodox) for information on the Eastern Orthodox order of this name. The Roman Catholic equivalent may be found at the Order of Saint Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation.

There are a number of Benedictine Anglican religious orders, some of them using the name Order of St. Benedict (OSB). Just like their Roman Catholic counterparts, each abbey / priory / convent is independent of each other. The vows are not made to an order, but to a local incarnation of the order, hence each individual order is free to develop its own character and charism, yet each under a common rule of life after the precepts of St. Benedict. Most of the communities include a confraternity of oblates. The order consists of a number of independent communities:

England

Alton, Hampshire (Alton Abbey). An abbey of monks founded in 1884.
Stoulton, Worcestershire (Mucknell Abbey). A mixed-sex abbey with an ecumenical focus founded in 1941, and previously located at Burford Priory.
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.
Newbury, Berkshire (Elmore Abbey). An abbey of monks, founded in 1914 (previously at Nashdom).
West Malling, Kent (Malling Abbey). An abbey of nuns founded in 1891.

Australia

Camperdown, Victoria (St Mark's Abbey). A mixed-sex monastery founded in 1975.
Taminick, Victoria (Community of Christ the King). A community of nuns founded in 1993.

Republic of Korea

Pusan, Korea. A convent of the Anglican Church of Korea founded in 1993.

United States

Washington, DC (Benedictine Companions of St. Paul~OSB).^[1] A mixed sex monastery founded in 2010 and attached to St. Paul's Parish
Donnellson, Iowa (Abbey of Saint Benedict of Companions of Saint Luke~OSB).^[2]
Natchez, Mississippi (St. Joseph's Monastery.^[3] An Anglo-Catholic monastery founded in 2001.
Phoenix, Arizona (Servants of Christ Priory). A priory of monks founded in 1968.
Three Rivers, Michigan (St. Gregory's Abbey). A community of monks founded in 1939.

Non-OSB Benedictines within the Anglican Communion

Company of Jesus (Anglican), CJ, a Benedictine and Franciscan Community in the U.S., Canada and Brazil^[4]
Order of the Holy Cross, OHC, with houses in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa

References

Anglican Religious Life: 2008-9. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2007.

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