I have had a long association with the Sisters of the Love of God since my undergraduate days at Kings College London in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I spent some time living alongside the Community in one of their houses at Boxmoor. I have grown to rely on their life and witness as an inspiration and challenge for my Christian discipleship.
This is how the community describe itself:
We are an Anglican community living a contemplative monastic life.
“The Convent of the Incarnation – known as Fairacres – is home to around fifteen sisters. Drawn by God’s love, we have come together to make the total gift of ourselves for the sake of the world. Our work is prayer and what flows from prayer: hospitality, study, and hearts open to the world in its beauty and goodness as well as in its confusion and suffering.
This lifelong spiritual work is made possible for us by our Rule and our vows, by silence, by prayer together and alone, by attending to our daily tasks, study and play, by the practical and prayerful help of many friends, and by God’s amazing grace at every turn.”
Here are some pictures of the Convent of the Incarnation
