Religious Convents and Monasteries

Prinknash Abbey is home to a Monastic Community in the village of Cranham in Gloucestershire. The lives of the monks are inspired by the Rule of St Benedict written 1,500 years ago and we have been living the contemplative Benedictine life of prayer, work and study in Prinknash since 1928.

Prinknash Abbey
Cranham
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL4 8EX

The Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard at Brownshill, Stroud is the home of a community of six Bernardine Cistercian Nuns. They follow the Rule of St Benedict and are part of the Cistercian family. The Cotswold valleys and hills enhances the peace of the monastery which is conducive to their life of prayer.

Monastery of Our Lady and St. Bernard
Brownshill
Stroud
GL6 8AL

The Marian Retreat Centre is managed by the Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poor. The congregation requires members to respond to new needs and unmet concerns in our changing world in line with the Gospel message. The retreat centre is a place to find relaxation, silence to deepen your personal prayer and relationship with God.

Marian Retreat Centre
Front Street
Nympsfield
Stonehouse
GL10 3TZ

The More Hall Convent is managed by the Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion. The convent is also a small residential care home for the elderly, just outside Stroud. The sisters also run other residential care homes in East and West Sussex and in Suffolk, as well as homes in India, Sri Lanka, and East Africa. The Sisters follow the Rule of St Benedict.

More Hall Convent
Randwick
Stroud
GL6 6EP

The Dominican Sisters at St Rose’s Convent are closely linked to St Rose’s school. So closely linked in fact, that over a hundred years ago a child with special needs, who could not be accommodated in a parish school, was left with the Dominican Sisters of St Rose Convent in Stroud. Through the inspiring courage of the Sisters, this event led them to found St Rose’s in 1912 – one of the very first special schools in the country.

Dominican Sisters
St. Roses House
Beeches Green
Stroud
GL5 4AE