Community of Saint Anselm

Community of Saint Anselm
Orientation Anglican
Polity Hierarchical
Leader Archbishop of Canterbury
Members 16 residential, 20 community based, total of 36.
Official website stanselm.org.uk

The Community of Saint Anselm is an Anglican religious order based at Lambeth Palace in London and is devoted to prayer, study and service to the poor.[1] It is dedicated to Saint Anselm, and is under the patronage of the current Archbishop of Canterbury, the primus inter pares of the Anglican Communion.[1] The Archbishop of Canterbury serves as the abbot of the Community of Saint Anselm,[2] which abides by a Rule of Life.[1] This quasi-monastic institute was founded in September 2015, when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, invited Christians aged twenty to thirty-five to join the Community of Saint Anselm, intending "that Lambeth Palace be not so much a historic place of power and authority, but a place from which blessing and service reach to the ends of the earth".[3] The Community of Saint Anselm is of an ecumenical nature; part of its purpose is to bring people from different countries and different denominations together[4]. It consists of sixteen residential members each year from around the world [5] and around 20 non-residential members who live and work in the London area.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lodge, Carey (18 September 2015). "Archbishop Welby launches monastic community at Lambeth Palace". Christian Today. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. Gledhill, Ruth (5 September 2014). "The young nuns: Justin Welby invites young people to live monastic life at Lambeth Palace". Christian Today. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. "Archbishop invites young Christians to spend year praying at Lambeth Palace". Justin Welby. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. Spanner, Huw (11 November 2016). "Giving a year in God's Time". Church Times. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. Bingham, John (4 September 2014). "Archbishop of Canterbury offers monastic gap year at Lambeth Palace - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

Coordinates: 51°29′43″N 0°07′12″W / 51.4954°N 0.1201°W / 51.4954; -0.1201

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