LIE Group (and dog)
enjoying the garden
Hospitality
Welcoming guests to the monastery takes
many forms. In addition to the courses and days of recollection
that we run throughout the year, we are happy to be able to host
small groups of up to fifteen persons for day conferences.
Facilities are somewhat basic, but the setting is superb. Shared
meals have always been a feature of Benedictine hospitality and are
truly sacramentals. Not all are quite as festive as the one shown
below!
Giving and receiving
hospitality: a festive lunch and cataloguing the library with the
ever-patient Michael
The Library
Thanks to the generosity of friends and
benefactors, our library is growing and is increasingly used as a
resource by visitors. With the help of Michael Black, a proper
cataloguing system is being devised which will enable us to list
books online for use by the wider public. We have been pleased to
learn that we hold a number of theological and historical works
difficult to obtain elsewhere and have been able to make a modest
contribution to the work of students and scholars in Oxford.
HOW
TO GET HERE
By car, East Hendred is
just off the A417 between Wantage and Rowstock, about thirteen
miles from Oxford. By train to Didcot Parkway, then by 'bus or taxi
to East Hendred. The monastery is situated in the older part of the
village, directly opposite the Catholic church.
The village has two B & Bs, three
pubs and a shop; there is an hourly 'bus service to Oxford and
neighbouring towns, and the Ridgeway is nearby for those who enjoy
walking.
