Order of St Benedict (Anglican)

See also Order of Saint Benedict (Orthodox) for information on the Eastern Orthodox order of this name. The Roman Catholic equivalent may be found at the Order of Saint Benedict and the Benedictine Confederation.

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The Order of St. Benedict (OSB) is a contemplative Anglican religious order of religious living in communities under the Rule of St. Benedict. Most of the communities include a confraternity of oblates. The order consists of ten independent houses:

England

OSB Alton, Hampshire. A community of monks founded in 1884
OSB Burford, Oxfordshire (Burford Priory). A mixed-sex priory with an ecumenical and multi-faith focus founded in 1941.
OSB Edgware, Middlesex (The Community of St. Mary at the Cross). A mixed Anglican-Ethiopian Orthodox abbey of nuns, with a mission to pastoral care of the elderly. This is the oldest extant community, having been established in 1866.
OSB Newbury, Berkshire (Elmore Abbey). An abbey of monks, founded in 1914.
OSB West Malling, England (Malling Abbey). An abbey of nuns founded in 1891.

Australia

OSB Camperdown, Victoria (Camperdown Monastery). A mixed-sex monastery founded in 1975.

Republic of Korea

OSB Pusan, Korea. A convent of the Anglican Church of Korea founded in 1993.

United States

OSB Phoenix, Arizona (Servants of Christ Priory). A priory of monks founded in 1968.
OSB Three Rivers, Michigan (St. Gregory's Abbey). A community of monks founded in 1939.
OSB Donnellson, Iowa (Abbey of Saint Benedict, Companions of Saint Luke). A mixed sex community with members living in a variety of permanent missions, including married life. The Abbot is an invited guest of the Abbot Primate of Rome's Conference of Bishops.

Canada

OSBCn Vancouver, Canada (Community of St. Michael the Archangel). A community of Benedictine canons founded in 2006.

References

Anglican Religious Communities Yearbook: 2004-2005. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2003.

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