Curzon Park Abbey

Curzon Park Abbey
Monastery information
Location within Cheshire
Full name	Curzon Park Abbey
Order	Benedictine
Established	24 June 1868
Dedicated to	St Mary and St Scholastica
Diocese	Shrewsbury
Controlled churches	Curzon Park Abbey
People
Founder(s)	Father Ignatius
Site
Location	Curzon Park, Chester, England
Coordinates	53°10′51″N 2°54′14″W / 53.180833°N 2.903889°W / 53.180833; -2.903889

Curzon Park Abbey is one of three monasteries of nuns in the English Benedictine Congregation.

History

It began as an Anglican Benedictine convent at Feltham, Middlesex, founded by Father Ignatius on 24 June 1868. Feltham Priory, or Feltham Nunnery, was dedicated to Saints Mary and Scholastica (twin sister of St Benedict).^[1]

The community spent 5 years in Feltham^[1] before moving to Twickenham, West Malling and Milford Haven before settling in Talacre, North Wales in 1920, having been received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1913. In 1921, the nuns were accepted as members of the English Benedictine Congregation, thus inheriting a venerable tradition and a more deeply rooted Catholic identity. The changes heralded by Vatican II led to an increasing simplification in the style of monastic life. The present Community is responding to the call for renewal within the Church, and finding an authentic role in society today.

In July 1988 the community of nuns moved to a much smaller property in Curzon Park, Chester, where they also have a small retreat house. The main Abbey building is a converted late 19th Century mansion constructed mainly of red brick. A chapel was built on the Curzon Park Abbey site in 1997.

Services

Morning: daily 7.00 am
Conventual Mass: Sunday 11.15 am, weekdays 8.00 am
Midday: daily at noon
Vespers: daily 5.30 pm
Compline: daily 7.30 pm

References

1 2 William Page (Editor) (1911). "Spelthorne Hundred: Feltham". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2: General; Ashford, East Bedfont with Hatton, Feltham, Hampton with Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

External links

English Benedictine Congregation

Independent Houses	Ampleforth Abbey Belmont Abbey Buckfast Abbey Colwich Abbey Curzon Park Abbey Douai Abbey Downside Abbey Ealing Abbey Portsmouth Abbey St. Anselm's Abbey St. Louis Abbey Stanbrook Abbey Worth Abbey

Dependent Houses	Priory of the Incarnation Monastery of Christ the Word

Schools	Ampleforth College Douai School Downside School Portsmouth Abbey School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. Benedict's School St. Louis Priory School Worth School

Former Houses	Fort Augustus Abbey Lamspringe Abbey Sherborne Abbey Westminster Abbey

Monasteries in Cheshire

Augustinian	Mobberley Priory Norton Priory Runcorn Priory

Benedictine	Chester Abbey Chester, St John the Baptist Abbey Chester Priory Curzon Park Abbey Saighton Grange

Brothers of Penitence	Chester Friars of the Sack

Carmelite	Chester Whitefriars

Cistercian	Combermere Abbey Darnhall Abbey Poulton Abbey Stanlow Abbey Stanney Grange Vale Royal Abbey

Dominican	Chester Blackfriars

Franciscan	Chester Franciscan Friary Chester Greyfriars

Savigniac	Combermere Abbey Poulton Abbey

Independent or Unknown	Chester, St Michael's Monastery

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