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.

We invite you to find out more about us, about our history and our way of life – and how to get to know us better.

“The call of the Community is to surprise the world with the love of God”

Archbishop Rowan Williams – SLG Centenary 2006

Latest Posts

  • Light For Ukraine #19
    In this season when we give special attention to God’s Creation, we see the Destruction Season gather force in Ukraine where President Zelensky pleads in vain for Patriot missiles to counter Russian attacks and EU… Read more: Light For Ukraine #19
  • Light For Ukraine #18
    We can’t pray hard enough or well enough for peace, for reconciliation, for humanity; aghast at the waste of precious resources from minerals and wheatfields to the lives torn apart in numbers that are hard… Read more: Light For Ukraine #18
  • Light For Ukraine #17
    There have been some wobbles here recently—the light from our small corner which I hold for the time being. Sisters have been away on retreat, holiday and family visits; out for a variety of appointments… Read more: Light For Ukraine #17