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 the month – November 2022
I recently had cause to write a short piece on whether or not the Celtic Church was a separate organisation from the Roman Church (it wasn’t!). During my background reading, I came across various arguments for and against, some balanced and reasonable, some not.