
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 July 2026
I still remember the first time I took a copy of the Rule of St Benedict from the shelf in the Monastery Bookshop at Prinknash. It fell open at Chapter 22, and I was immediately intrigued…
