About Us (UK)
The Community of the Sisters of the Church is an international body of women within the Anglican Communion, living under the gospel values of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience, desiring to be faithful to the traditions of the Religious Life while exploring new ways of expressing them and of living community life and ministry today.
By our worship, ministry and life in community, we desire to be channels of the reconciling love and acceptance of Christ, to acknowledge the dignity of every person, and to enable others to encounter the living God whom we seek.
In each of our houses, prayer is at the heart of full and active lives: preaching, teaching, cooking, gardening, psychotherapy, Spiritual Direction, working with women on the street... we serve as we are called.
We are very different from one another, come from different backgrounds, different nationalities and we haven’t chosen one another, so there are many opportunities for tolerance and ‘forbearing one another in love’ as St. Paul says. We’re not a cosy little group who think alike on any and every issue, but a community where living together, making decisions, can not only be costly but very enriching. St. Paul says ‘God reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.’ (2 Cor 5:18) and we believe that the striving to live together lovingly and fruitfully, seeking as a community to listen to the Spirit’s leading as to the way forward in our life and ministries can be a true contribution to the world’s need of reconciliation.
If you would like to explore the possibility of a vocation to the Religious Life in the UK, please contact the Novitiate Sister by clicking here.
To read more about Vocation, please click here.
We also welcome Alongsiders - women who are interested in sharing our life for a time, without making a long-term commitment.
To read more about Alongsiders in the UK, please click here.
Associates are also valued members of our Community. While leading independent lives, Associates support and are supported by the Community through prayer and fellowship, contributing to the common life as they are able. Anyone interested in exploring the possibility of becoming an Associate in the UK is invited to contact the Associates’ Sister.
To read more about our Associates, please click here.
Volunteers have been integral to the life and work of our Community since the earliest days of our foundation. We greatly appreciate the support we have received over the years, and are particularly grateful to those who continue to support us now: in our 5 Loaves and 2 fishes ministry in Bristol, through gardening, greeting guests, answering telephones, and in many other ways throughout the Province. We welcome enquiries from anyone interested in becoming a volunteer.
at a monastery or convent near you
Is God calling you to be a monk, a nun, a brother or a sister in a C of E Community?
Have you ever wondered if this life was for you?
In association with Anglican Religious Communities across the UK, we are very pleased to welcome anyone interested in exploring these possibilities for a day, or longer.
Please click here to contact the Hospitality Team for further information.
