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| 14th Jan 2012 | Simple Profession | On Saturday 21st January there will not be a Mass at the usual time of 09:00 but at 11:00 the Conventual Mass will celebrate the Simple Profession of Br John who will take the monastic vows for three years. |
| 20th Aug 2011 | Worth Abbey Parish Open Day | Sunday September 4th, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Worth Abbey Parish Open Day. |
| 20th May 2011 | Re-opening Worth Abbey Church on Pentecost Sunday, 12 June 2011 |
The Abbot and Community are celebrating the re-opening of the Abbey Church with Solemn Vespers on Pentecost Sunday, 12 June. The Community have invited in the first place benefactors and as many as possible of those connected with the design, construction and implementation of the completion of the Abbey Church. Entrance is by invitation only. The limited number of places left are available for a representative number from other Worth Communities. Please contact Jenny Griggs on jgriggs@worth.org.uk (01342 710274) if you would like an invitation.
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| 12th Sep 2010 | Abbatial Blessing | More than 750 well-wishers, including a representative of the Papal Nuncio, a Cardinal, Abbots of other monasteries, Bishop John Hind of Chichester and dozens of clergy, flocked to Worth Abbey last Saturday [September 11] to witness Dom Kevin Taggart’s formal installation as the monastery’s fifth abbot. |
| 2nd June 2010 | Abbatial Election | The Monastic Community have elected as their Abbot for the next eight year term Dom Kevin Taggart. |
| 22nd Feb 2009 | Abbot Christopher in USA | Interview on First Business |
| 7th Feb 2009 | BBC News about Worth Abbey Monastic Experience Weekends and the Compass Project | |
| 9th Sep 2008 | Worth 75 website | In 2008-9 Worth Abbey is celebrating 75 years since it was founded by monks from Downside Abbey in Somerset. A number of events are planned to celebrate this anniversary starting with Solemn Vespers for Michaelmas Eve, 28th September 2008, exactly 75 years after Vespers was first celebrated at Worth in 1933. |
| 7th Dec 2006 | Dom Roger Bacon | Of your charity please pray for the repose of the soul of Dom Roger Bacon, monk and priest who died on the 7th December 2006 |
| 16th Apr 2006 | The Independent on Sunday | Personal Column: 'When the calling comes you accept it, move towards it' Brother Gabriel was speaking to Julia Stuart. |
| 10th Apr 2006 | The Daily Telegraph | Monks
and their monasteries go into retreat as recruits dwindle By Jonathan Petre |
| 5th May 2005 | http://www.worthabbey.net/ | Worth Abbey Website LIVE |