The Anglican Centre in Rome : Ripon Support Group

The role of Benedictine Hospitality in the Ecumenical Movement

Ampleforth and Stanbrook Abbey

14th October 2017

A day looking at how the communities of Ampleforth and Stanbrook draw people together from within and without

Speakers will include Fr Jonathan Cotton OSB( RC) and Rt Rev Stuart Burns OSB (C of E)

PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

9:45 onwards See the excellent exhibition about and community in the Visitors’ Centre which opens at 10:00 10:30 Welcome and Coffee Hear from Fr Jonathan Cotton about his experience of relating Benedictine spirituality to local parish life Tour of the Abbey.

12:15 Mid-day Prayers led by Father Cotton

12:30 Lunch: either own sandwiches or purchased in the Ampleforth Café; opportunity to visit the Abbey shop.

1:30 Leave by car for Stanbrook Abbey, a Roman Catholic Community formerly based in

2:00 At Stanbrook we shall hear about the ecology of Stanbrook and have an opportunity to see the new building with its splendid chapel.

2:30 Hear from Rt Rev Stuart Burns about his experience of the ecumenical movement within the Anglican Church and beyond.

3:30 Tea and final prayers Our speakers

Father Jonathan Cotton OSB (RC) is a Monk of Ampleforth Abbey and Parish Priest of St. Mary's, Leyland.

He was ordained a priest in 1976.

The parish of which he is priest states its parish values should be - “based on the Word of God, the teachings of the Church and about our Ampleforth Benedictine heritage. Specifically, we should be a community one of whose aims is to foster the unity of the

Christian churches and the building of good relations with people of other faiths.”

We will hear about being a member of a Benedictine Community and the priest of a busy parish.

Rt Rev Stuart Burns OSB (C of E) trained for the priesthood at Mirfield. He was ordained in 1969 and served in urban priority area parishes in Leeds and the Dales until joining the religious community at Burford, aged 43. He was elected in 1996. The community moved to

Mucknell near Evesham in 2010.

Mucknell Abbey says about itself: “We are a contemplative monastic community of nuns and monks living under the Rule of St Benedict and part of the Church of . The Community was founded in 1941 to pray for Christian Unity.

“Mucknell Abbey is built according to ecological principles and includes many sustainable features. Though our roots are in some of the traditional Benedictine practices we feel very much part of the new monastic movement that is happening throughout the country.” This event has been arranged by the Anglican Centre Rome Ripon Support Group.

Please fill in your booking details on the form below and send with your cheque for £25 made payable to Ripon Cathedral to Canon Simon Hoare at Skell Villa, 20 Wellington Street, Ripon, HG41PH

Further information may be obtained from Canon Simon Hoare at the above address, telephone 01765 692187 , email [email protected]

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The Anglican Centre Rome Ripon Support Group are ordained and lay friends of the Anglican Centre who seek to raise the profile of the Anglican Centre Rome, its work and aims and to further the ecumenical movement. For further information please email [email protected]

How to get to Ampleforth Abbey From Thirsk take the A170 towards Scarborough. Go through Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe and climb Sutton Bank (not suitable in bad weather). Six miles after Sutton Bank at the village of Sproxton turn right towards York (B1257). Continue on this road for about two miles. Ignore the first two turnings signposted Ampleforth and take the third turning on the right towards York (B1363). You will enter the village of Oswaldkirk. In Oswaldkirk turn right at the bend on the steep hill. The entrances to the College and Abbey are on the left, approximately two miles along this road just after the Westminster Cross.

How to get to Stanbrook from Ampleforth Turn left out of Ampleforth towards Ampleforth Village. Go through the village and carryon the same road to the Stapylton Arms. Turn right here up Wass Bank Road. The sign for Stanbrook Abbey is nearly at the top of the hill on your left hand side.

Hospitality Should you wish to stay overnight at either of the two abbeys, please contact them directly.

Ampleforth Abbey - Please call the Hospitality and Pastoral Office on 01439 766486

Stanbrook Abbey (Crief Lodges) - Contact: Sr Laurentia email: [email protected] www.cottageguide.co.uk/crieflodges

Ampleforth Abbey Ampleforth North Yorkshire YO62 4EN Tel. + 44 (0) 1439 766486 or 766889 email: [email protected]

Stanbrook Abbey Wass, YORK YO61 4AY Tel: 01347 868900; Fax: 01347 869048 email: [email protected]

The Anglican Centre in Rome : Ripon Support Group

Ampleforth Abbey and Stanbrook Abbey 14th October 2017

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