THE UK Oblates Team are a small group of volunteer oblates from various monasteries who, since the first World Oblates Congress in 2005, have formed a team to act as a conduit for information for oblates, and thus established this website for oblates and monastic communities, who may wish to make use thereof. We want to provide information about oblates and for oblates, and about the different Benedictine monastic communities that exist in Great Britain and Ireland. Read more…
Thought for January 2026
January is a month of beginnings…In the chill of winter, when days are short and nights long, the Church calls us to remember that even in apparent barrenness, life is stirring. This is the season of the faithful remnant.
