Colwich, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A young traditional Benedictine community from Missouri that came to Staffordshire in 2024 to revive the historic Colwich Abbey, which the English Benedictine nuns left in 2020.
The sisters must pay £2.5 million to Stanbrook Abbey to buy Colwich Abbey and its grounds, then meet extensive repair and updating costs and refurnish a house whose contents were auctioned, before installing a high altar and space for the faithful at Mass. They are doing much of the work themselves but say professional builders will be needed, while their order is also funding two building projects in the United States.
Before you act. The page (last updated July 2025) says the purchase was in final negotiation and does not say how much has been raised.
Last checked 9 November 2026. Parts of this entry could not be fully confirmed; see the note above. Responsible body: Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles.
Chilworth, United Kingdom
For 2026 the monks are running the Abbot Paulinus Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Appeal, aiming to raise £6,000 to fund six months of accompanying young men from poorer parts of South America who are discerning a Benedictine vocation (travel, pastoral visits and practical support), so that poverty does not decide whether someone can test a vocation.
Aylesford, United Kingdom
The Friars is an independent charity that says it is not financially supported by the Catholic Church and costs over 2,000 pounds a day to keep open. A chapel roof repair program estimated at 350,000 pounds has begun, on top of continuous repairs to the medieval and modern buildings. Its 2024 accounts say the estate is too large to be maintained from local income alone.