Sisters of Mercy
The Community of the Sisters of Mercy is involved
in teaching and in Parish visiting at Our Lady and
St Edmund of Abingdon.
We meet each day for Evening Prayer and are
joined, not infrequently, by some staff from our
schools. Mass is celebrated in our ‘old Convent
Chapel’ three times each week when parishioners as
well as some staff join in the celebration of the
Eucharist. The Eucharist is at the heart of all that
we think, say and do. All parishioners are welcome
to join the Sisters for Morning Prayer on Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 7am and the Chapel is open
daily for private prayer with access through the
Convent.
- For Morning Prayer and Mass, the St John’s
Road or Oxford Road entrance may be used.
The Sisters’ residence can be found at:
Lismore Lodge 34 St John’s Road Abingdon
Oxfordshire OX14 2HB Telephone: 01235 539504
History
In 1859 Father John O’Toole, Parish priest in
Abingdon, asked Bishop Grant (Southwark) for some
Sisters to found a Convent in
Abingdon.
Much change and development
has taken place since 1860 with Sisters engaged in
teaching in the parish school, in their own Private
School which comprised of both boarders and day
pupils and boys and girls.
On June
3rd1999 the Community moved from the Convent on
Oxford Road to Lismore Lodge, 34 St. John’s Road and
1996 saw the first lay Headmistress at
Our Lady’s Convent Senior School and the first
lay Headmaster at
Our Lady’s Convent Junior School in 2007. This
coincided with changes in the community now
comprising of three Sisters in residence, one on
Sabbatical and one taking care of her mother. The
presence of the Sisters remains vibrant in schools,
Parish and Diocese.
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