Monastery of Christ Our Savior

Monastery of Christ Our Saviour
Abbey Mews Turvey
Beds. MK43 8DH
England

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 881211
turveymews@aol.com
www.turveyabbey.org.uk

Roman Catholic
This is one of two Benedictine communities at Turvey who worship in common and work in close co-operation. The monks' guesthouse has been converted from a stone barn. The rooms are spacious and comfortable with lots of books to read, an easy chair in every room and a guest kitchen. This can be a busy place but it is one where personal silence is very much respected. If you are on a private retreat, you will be left in peace to get on with it. As it is a small community, help in the garden is usually welcomed. The life here is deliberately kept simple - organic gardening, tomato growing, and producing pottery are some of the specialties of the monks. Guests are expected to respect the silence of others. Attached to the monastery is the Turvey Centre for Group Therapy. Its main activity is to provide courses, both for beginners and professionals. These are run in conjunction with Brookes Oxford University. The courses take place over weekends with the students being resident at the monastery or nearby. For a private retreat go when the course is not meeting. Although the Community is small in numbers, it is big in talents and if you want to experience what monastic life is about, and then this is one of the best places to do it. Nothing is grand, everything is real - a peaceful place of prayer and seeking God. 

Open: All year except Christmas and Easter seasons. Receives men, women if not alone, young people, families. Groups can have accommodation arranged if there are not enough rooms available within the guesthouse. 

Rooms: 6 singles, 1 double. A silent, peaceful guesthouse. Radios and other noise discouraged. 

Facilities: Conferences, garden, library, guest lounge, kitchen, pay phone. Nearby fields in which to walk. Spiritual Help: Personal talks. 

Guests Admitted to: Chapel. Work of Community. Meals: Taken in the guesthouse as self-catering for lunch with breakfast and evening meal being provided. Full catering for groups if required. Provision for vegetarians if requested. 

Special Activities: None. 

Situation: The village has a lot of traffic, but the guest house and gardens are quiet – and the walled vegetable garden is not just for food, it is also has wild places and hidden sanctuaries for all manner of natural wildlife- insects, butterflies, surprises abound. Beautiful countryside with well-marked footpaths. 

Maximum Stay: By agreement. Bookings:Letter, telephone 9-11.30AM or 3-5PM, E-mail. 

Charges: Suggested donation £25 Full Board per person per night or £20 with only breakfast and supper. 

Access: Train:to Bedford or Northampton, then by local bus – not frequent however. Taxi from train station easy. Car: via M1, Exit 14 to Olney.