Phone: 01235 763141
Our Community began in Wantage and our main Convent and Novitiate remain there today, together with our Infirmary Wing where we care for our elderly Sisters. In the early days of our Community, houses were founded in many parts of England and also in India and South Africa. Today we continue to have houses in London, Smethwick and Wantage.
St Mary’s Convent is situated in Wantage, where our Community was founded. It is home to our Novitiate, the Infirmary Wing for our elderly sisters, and our Guest Wing. At the centre of our life is the daily Eucharist and the saying of the Office. Sisters also engage in a variety of ministries both within and beyond the Convent. These include spiritual direction and retreats, parish work and various crafts.
Our house in London opened in 2002 and is situated in the multi-cultural area of Harringay. There are two Sisters living there, the Community's Daily Office is said and there is a weekly Eucharist in the house. They are involved in local community and neighbourhood. One Sister is Parish Sister at St Paul's Harringay - Edmonton Diocese of London - and also the Missionary Secretary for Wantage Overseas which is based in this house. The other Sister helps as a volunteer within the Chaplaincy of a local hospital. Spiritual Direction and Quiet Days are undertaken as requested.
St Katharine’s House is a nursing and care home for the elderly situated in Wantage. It was founded by our Community and a small group of Sisters continue to live there providing a prayerful presence and pastoral care for the residents. Residents who wish are able to join the Sisters in the Chapel for the Daily Office and for a regular Eucharist. Sisters are involved in the wider community through neighbourhood ministry, spiritual direction, a ministry to students and staff at school for the deaf.
A small group of CSMV Sisters in Smethwick live the life of prayer, based on the five fold Office and Eucharist. Some Sisters have a ministry of outreach in parish and school, and we offer hospitality and spiritual direction in our quiet home. We have friendly contact with people of different ethnicity and faiths.
Our daily life is a balance of prayer, community life and service of others. Each day we are rooted and grounded in God through our prayer which lies at the heart of our life and gives meaning to the whole.
In our community life we seek to live together in love and unity, sharing in the domestic work of the house, in recreational activities and hospitality.
Our ministry is very varied and includes preaching and parish work; spiritual direction and the leading of retreats and quiet days; care of the elderly; work amongst prisoners, asylum seekers and those with learning difficulties.
As a Community we have always sought to hold together both the contemplative and active dimensions of life, believing that each needs the other to complete the whole.
St Katharine’s House is a residential home for elderly ladies. It is registered with the Commission for Social Care Inspection under the Care Standards Act 2000 for residents who are over the age of 60 years. It has 52 single residential rooms in the main House and a modern Nursing Wing with 24 en suite rooms.
Although under lay administration, we are part of the Community of St Mary the Virgin and, with a number of resident Sisters, we are also able to provide the spiritual and pastoral care that is so important to most people.
St Katharine's House - residential and care home for elderly ladies
Ormond Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8EA
Tel: 01235 762739
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