Welcome to the Benedictine Oblates Website
Thought for the month – June 2021
From the tiny ant on the kitchen windowsill, to the squirrels racing in the trees, to the wealth of birdlife attracted to our pond this year, I have been blessed by the intimacy of oneness with these garden neighbours of ours.
Whenever any important business has to be done in the monastery, let the Abbot call together the whole community and state the matter to be acted upon.
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…