Ampleforth - A Benedictine Abbey and College
November 2nd 2008 On 2nd November I arrived at Ampleforth for a retreat to be led by Fr Matthew.
The Abbey began in 1608 in Dieulouard in Lorraine in north-eastern France when a group of English monks took possession of a vacant monastery because, given the political climate, they were unable to establish such a monastery in England. On 12th October, 1793, the monks fled back to England as French revolutionary t
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