We
hope that the Abbey Church and the opportunities
to welcome people to the monastery, especially through
the St Bede Centre, for talks and days of recollection,
offer a new opportunity to share the grace and spirit
of monastic life with the local Church and community.
The monastery can in this way act as a resource for
the spiritual needs of the diocese as a whole.
The school is still a
central part of our work. Monks are still closely
involved in the teaching and running of the school,
but as education has become more technical and professionalised,
we have come to see our role more clearly as one
to support the spiritual and pastoral side of its
life, as chaplains to pupils and to staff, as well
as fellow-workers with them in this precious work
of the Church.
Hospitality is another
area where there have been many developments in recent
times. People not only come as individual guests
on retreat, but also a number of groups can use the
various facilities available for conferences or talks.
In these and in other
ways we try to render our service to God as part
of the mission of the Church to preach the Gospel
to the whole world, and share with all the treasures
of the knowledge of Christ.
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