pray together 24 december 2016

PRAY TOGETHER

A Cycle of Prayer

for

The Community of Our Lady and St John, Alton

&

The Society of the Sisters of Bethany, Southsea

&

their Oblates, Companions and Associates

November 2016

DAY 1

ANGLICAN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES

Sister Jean Raphael and the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor -

Oxford, UK.

Sister Virginia of All Saints,

the last remaining Anglican Sister

of the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor - Catonsville USA.

Sister Jane Manka’a and the Benedictine Sisters of Bethany

Bamenda, CAMEROON.

ALTON & BETHANY

The Most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

ALTON OBLATES

Alan Allmark

Richard Allshorn

Herman Annis

John Austin

BETHANY OBLATES

Mrs Eileen Keough

Mrs Jane Bossonet

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 2


Monodeep Daniel and the Brotherhood of the Ascended Christ -

Delhi, INDIA.

Sister Dorothy & the Community of Saint Mary of Nazareth and Calvary-

Many houses in TANZANIA and at Mkushi, ZAMBIA.

Mother Betty and the Holy Name Community -

Mutare, ZIMBABWE.

ALTON

The Rt. Revd Tim Dakin, Diocesan Bishop of Winchester

and his suffragan Bishops:

The Rt. Revd Jonathan Frost (Bishop of Southampton)

The Rt. Revd David Williams(Bishop of Basingstoke)

The Rt. Revd Martin Warner (Bishop of Chichester), Episcopal Visitor

ALTON OBLATES

Rupert Bacon

Jonathan Baldwin

Stephen Bampfylde

Nicholas Beale

William Beer

BETHANY

The Rt. Revd Christopher Foster, Diocesan Bishop of Portsmouth

The Rt. Revd Trevor Willmott, (Bishop of Dover) Episcopal Visitor

BETHANY OBLATES

Mrs Penny Christison (Nov)

Revd Anne Cocking (Nov)

Revd Trevor Cooper (Nov)

Mrs Lynne Cooper (Nov)

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 3


Mother Sylvia and the Community of the Blessed Lady Mary -

Chikwaka, ZIMBABWE

Sister Teresah and Friar Joshua

and the Community of the Gifts of the Holy Fire -

Gokwe South, Gweru , Bulawayo, and Harare, ZIMBABWE.

Sister Jharna and the Handmaids of Christ -

Agailhara, BANGLADESH.

ALTON & BETHANY

Pope Francis I, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and the leaders

of the non-Chalcedonian and of the reformed Churches.

ALTON OBLATES

Derek Belcher

Gerald Bell

Matt Bird

Andrew Bishop

BETHANY OBLATES

Mr Terry Henderson (Nov)

Revd. Brian Pickett (Nov)

Mrs Valerie Rossiter (Nov)

Revd Beryl Rundle (Nov)

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 4


Sister Sheila, Sister Elizabeth and the Community of All Hallows -

Ditchingham and Norwich, UK.

Mother Rita Mary and the Benedictine Communty of Christ the King -

South Wangaratta, AUSTRALIA.

Mother Ann Verena

and the Community of the Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd -

Cuddesdon, UK.

ALTON

Abbot Giles Hill

ALTON OBLATES

Chris Blakeley

Philip Blamire

Norman Boakes

Duncan Bradley

Paul Broadbent

BETHANY

Mother Rita-Elizabeth

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mr Dennis Allison

Mrs Ann Allison

Mrs Rosemary Baker

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 5


Brother Simon and the Community of the Glorious Ascension -

Chillington, UK.

Sister Margaret Lin-Din and the Community of the Good Shepherd -

Sabah, MALAYSIA.

Sister Mary Luke Wise and the Benedictine Community of the Holy Cross -

Costock, UK.

ALTON

Prior Andrew Johnson

ALTON OBLATES

Richard Caldicott (Probationer)

Dennis Chandler

Charles Clarke

Stefan Collier (Probationer)

BETHANY

Sister Mary Joy, Assistant Superior

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Miss Beryl Beak

Canon John Bean

Mrs Janet Bethany

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 6


Sister Carol and the Community of the Holy Name -

Cheltenham, AUSTRALIA.

Sister Edith Margaret and the Community of the Holy Name -

Derby, Manchester, and Peterborough, UK.

Sister Julia and the Community of the Holy Name -

Ficksburg, SOUTH AFRICA.

Mother Jabu and the Community of the Holy Name -

Melmoth, SOUTH AFRICA.

ALTON

Dom Anselm Shobrook, Master of Companions

ALTON OBLATES

William Cooper Bailey

Rod Cosh

Leonard Cox

Neil Crawford-Jones

Michael Croud

BETHANY

Sister Ruth Etheldreda

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Revd Tony Bevis

Mrs Gill Bevis

Revd Jacquie Birdseye

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 7


The Community Council and the Community of the Holy Spirit –

New York, and Brewster, USA.

Sister Mildah and the Community of the Holy Transfiguration –

Mutare, ZIMBABWE.

Mother Londiwe and the Community of Jesus’ Compassion –

New Hanover, SOUTH AFRICA.

ALTON

Dom Timothy Bavin, Oblate Master

ALTON OBLATES

Richard Cubie

Peter Cunningham

John Draper

Simon Douglas Lane

Terry Eccott

BETHANY

Sister Ann Patricia

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Sharon Brookes

Mrs Fran Bumstead

Revd Canon John Bundock

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 8


Sister Nobu and the Community of Nazareth –

Tokyo, JAPAN

George Guiver and the Community of the Resurrection –

Mirfield, UK.

Mother Zelma and the Community of the Resurrection of our Lord –

Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA

ALTON

Bro John Towson, Guest Master

ALTON OBLATES

Philip Elliott

Michael Ellis

Christopher Engelsen

Ben Flenley

John Fletcher

BETHANY

Sister Gwenyth

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Rose Burt

Revd Terry Carter

Rt Revd Christopher Chessun

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 9


Mother Keleni and the Community of the Sacred Name –

Christchurch and Ashburton, NEW ZEALAND ;

Nakasi and Labasa, FIJI ; and Nuku’alofa, TONGA.

Mother Philippa and the Community of the Sacred Passion –

Shoreham-by-Sea, UK.

Mother Lillian and the Community of St Andrew –

Chiswick, Henley, and London, UK.

ALTON

Brother Anthony Witherspoon

ALTON OBLATES

Martin Fletcher

Andrew Foran

Dean Fostekew

Stephen Foster (Probationer)

BETHANY

Sister Joanna Elizabeth

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Judith Coe

Miss Sheila Cooper

Mrs Gail Cotter

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 10


Abbess Paula Fordham and the Order of St Clare –

Freeland, UK.

Sister Sue and the Community of Saint Francis –

Birmingham, Leicester, Metheringham, Plaistow,

and Southwark, UK ;

Gyeongsangbuk-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA ; San Francisco, USA.

Sister Jane Olive Stencil and the Community of St John Baptist –

Cuddesdon, UK.

Sister Eleanor Francis and the Community of St John Baptist –

Mendham, and New York, USA.

ALTON OBLATES

Stuart Foster

Jonathan Frost

Richard Frost (Probationer)

Ian Gibson

David Hagan Palmer (Probationer)

BETHANY

Sister Elizabeth Pio

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Carol Crossland

Rt Revd Joseph Dadson

Mrs Adele Day

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 11


Sister Christine and Sister Margaret Angela

and the Community of St John the Divine –

Birmingham, UK.

Sister Verity Anne and Sister Kathleen Brigid,

the remaining sisters of the Community of St John the Evangelist –

Dublin, Eire.

Sister Dorothea and Sister Margareta Mary,

the remaining sisters of the Community of St Laurence –

Southwell, UK

ALTON OBLATES

James Hair

Paul Hamilton

Tim Handley (Probationer)

Steven Hare

William Harris

BETHANY

The Revd Dr Elizabeth Varley (Postulant)

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Janet Day

Mrs Margaret Doust

Miss Jeanette Dowle

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 12


Mother Miriam and the Eastern Province of the Community of St Mary –

Greenwich, USA ; and Mzuzu, MALAWI.

Sister Letitia Prentice

and the Western Province of the Community of St Mary –

Milwaukee, USA.

Sister Madeleine Mary

and the Southern Province of the Community of St Mary –

Sewanee, USA ; and Sagada, PHILIPPINES

ALTON OBLATES

James Hart

Alan Hodgetts

Erik Holth

Andrew Howes

John Hughes

BETHANY

Sarah Alton (Postulant)

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Rosemary Eden

Mrs Jean Farnham

Mrs Joan Fawcett

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 13


Sister Stella and the Community of St Mary the Virgin –

Wantage, UK.

Sister Joan Marsh ,

the remaining sister of the Community of St Michael and All Angels –

Bloemfontein, SOUTH AFRICA.

Four Sisters of the Community of Saint Paul –

Maciene, MOZAMBIQUE.

ALTON

The Friends of Alton Abbey

ALTON OBLATES

Oliver Jackson

Thomas James

Julian Jenkins

Gary Keith

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Norma Francis

Mrs Penny Golding

Mrs Patricia Grigsby

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 14


Mother Angela and the Community of St Peter –

Woking, Chiswick, and Lytham, UK.

Team Leadership and the Community of St Peter, Horbury -

Horbury, and York, UK.

Father Colin and the Community of the Servants of the Will of God –

Crawley Down, UK.

ALTON

Customers of Alton Abbey Supplies Ltd

ALTON OBLATES

Tony Kemp (Probationer)

Paul Kennedy

David Kerridge-Smith

Nigel Lewis-Baker

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Very Revd. John Guille

Miss Stella Hall

Revd Janet Hallam

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 15


Linda Mary Shuttle and the Community of the Sisters of the Church-

Kempsey, Glebe, and Melton, AUSTRALIA;

Ham Common, Bristol, Clevedon, West Harrow,

and St Anne’s-on-Sea, UK ; Oakville, and Hamilton, CANADA ;

Honiara, Malaita, Kira Kira, Luesalo, SOLOMON ISLANDS

Sister Clare-Louise and the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God –

Fairacres, UK

The Community of the Sisters of Melanesia –

Honiara, Malaita, SOLOMON ISLANDS

ALTON

The Seamen's Friendly Society of St Paul - Grant-making Trust

ALTON OBLATES

Andrew Lightbown

Paul Lockett

Christopher Mann (Probationer)

Andy Macqueen

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Ven. Adrian Harbidge

Mrs Evelyn Harrington

Mrs Judith Highley

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 16


Sister Teresa Marie and the Community of the Transfiguration –

Cincinatti, and Venice, USA.

Brother Emmanuel Oba’a

and the Congregation of the Companions of Saint Benedict –

Yaoundé, CAMEROON.

Sister Jacqueline and the Society of the Servants of Jesus Christ –

Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR.

ALTON OBLATES

Clifford Mayes

Michael McClure

Sam McNally-Cross (Probationer)

James McWhirter

Michael Morris

BETHANY

Revd Dr. John Preston, Chaplain

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Millie Hodgson

Revd Anthony Homer

Mrs Rosalyn Horsey

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 17


The three Little Brothers of Francis –

Tabulam, AUSTRALIA.

The Melanesian Brotherhood –

Honiara, and other houses, SOLOMON ISLANDS ;

Haruro, and other houses,PAPUA NEW GUINEA ;

Ambae, and other houses, VANUATU.

Robert Leo Sevensky and the Order of the Holy Cross –

West Park, and Santa Barbara, USA ;

Toronto, CANADA ;

Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Aspirants to Religious or Monastic life

ALTON OBLATES

Craig Nobbs

Christopher Myhill

Barry Oake

Michael Pearson (Probationer)

Neil Perry

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs. Anna Horsley

Rt. Revd Samuel H'tang Oak

Mr Robert Iles

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 18


Sister Carole and the Order of the Holy Paraclete –

Whitby, York, and Dormanstown, UK ;

Sunyani, and Kumasi Ashanti, GHANA.

Mother Hilary Crupi and the Order of Julian of Norwich -

Waukesha, USA.

Sister Ana Clara and the Order of St Anne at Bethany –

Arlington, USA.

Sister Judith Marie and the Order of St Anne –

Chicago, USA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Candidates for Oblature, Companionship or Associateship

ALTON OBLATES

Christopher Pluck

Simon Pothen

Justin Pottinger (Probationer)

Reuben Preston

Nigel Price

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Olivia Irving-Horsley

Mrs Josephine Jacob

Mrs Belinda James

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 19


Sister Raphael Stone and Dom Placid Lawson,

the remaining members of the Order of St Benedict –

Camperdown, AUSTRALIA.

Abbess Mary Therese Zelent and Dame Barbara Johnson,

the remaining members of the Order of St Benedict –

Edgware, UK.

Mother Mary David Best and the Order of St Benedict –

Malling, UK.

ALTON & BETHANY

Those who work with us, or for us.

ALTON OBLATES

Harry Rann

Graham Reeves

Steven Reeves

Jeff Risbridger

Neil Roberts

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Clare Kilroy

Mrs Joan Kitchen

Mrs Rosemary Lane

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 20


Abbot Stuart Burns and the Order of St Benedict –

Mucknell, UK.

Father Cornelis de Rijk, and Father Lewis Long,

the Order of St Benedict –

Phoenix, USA.

Prior Simon Jarratt and the Order of St Benedict –

Salisbury, UK.

Abbot Andrew Marr and the Order of St Benedict –

Three Rivers, USA.

ALTON & BETHANY

The Benefactors of our Communities

ALTON OBLATES

Daniel Robinson

Marcus Ronchetti

David Roper

David Rowett

Graeme Rowlands

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Valerie Lawson-Down

Mrs Terasa Lemon

Mrs Margot Lewis

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 21


The Leadership Council and the Order of St Helena –

North Augusta, USA.

Sister Abigail and the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity –

Ripon, USA.

Sister Elizabeth Rolfe-Thomas and the Sisterhood of St John the Divine –

Toronto, and Victoria, CANADA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Our relatives and friends

ALTON COMPANIONS

Kevin Scott

Michael Shields

Jonathan Singh

Andreas Sistig

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Yvonne Mackin

Mrs Gail Mann

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 22


Sister Mira Mankhin and the Sisterhood of Saint Mary –

Mymensingh, BANGLADESH.

Mother Elizabeth Mary and the Sisters of Charity –

Plympton, UK.

Sister Juliana and Sister Patricia,

the remaining Sisters of the Incarnation –

Dover Gardens, AUSTRALIA.

Sister Marie and the Sisters of Jesus Way –

West Kirby, UK.

ALTON OBLATES

Daniel Smith

Simon Stokes

Manuel Sumares

Robert Teare

John Teed

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Miss Joan Mason

Miss Megan McCray

Mrs May McGregor

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 23


Sister Alma and the Society of the Holy Cross –

Seoul, Inch’on, and Chungbuk, KOREA.

Sister Victoria Mary and the Society of the Precious Blood –

Taplow, UK.

Sister Elaine Mary and the Society of the Precious Blood –

Kimberley, SOUTH AFRICA.

Sister Eunice and the Society of the Sacred Advent –

Ascot, and Crows Nest, AUSTRALIA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Those who Worship with us.

ALTON OBLATES

Kim Thinggaard

Steven Threadgill

Rupert Toovey (Probationer)

John Underhill

Ned Vaught (Probationer)

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Molly Morris

Mrs Kathleen Murgatroyd

Mrs Lynn New

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 24


Sister Gillian Mary and the Society of the Sacred Cross –

Lydart, UK.

Jonathan Ewer

and the European Province of the Society of the Sacred Mission –

Willen, Durham, Milton Keynes, UK

Christopher Myers

and the Australian Province of the Society of the Sacred Mission –

Adelaide, AUSTRALIA.

Tanki Mofana

and the South African Province of the Society of the Sacred Mission –

Maseru, LESOTHO ; Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Those who make retreat with us.

ALTON OBLATES

Justin Walford

Richard Warhurst

Thomas Weil

Stephen Wikner

Mark Williams

Richard Wolley

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Trudi Newham

Mrs Jan Orton

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 25


Brother Clark Berge and the Society of St Francis –

Alnmouth, Cambridge, Canning Town, Canterbury,

Glasshampton, Hilfield, Leeds, Plaistow, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ;

and Assisi, ITALY. San Francisco, Los Angeles, USA ;

Stroud and Brisbane, AUSTRALIA ; Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND ;

Chuncheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA ;

Popondetta, Port Moresby, Alotau, PAPUA NEW GUINEA ;

Honiara, Auki, Kira Kira, and Lata, SOLOMON ISLANDS.

Four Sisters of the Society of St John the Divine –

Pennington, SOUTH AFRICA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Those who come to see us for Confession or Spiritual Direction.

ALTON COMPANIONS

Susan Allshorn

Trish Bancroft

Yvonne Bell

Bron Chaplin

Heather Croud

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Christine Palmer

Mr Wayne Palmer

Revd Alison Parker

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 26


Father Peter Huckle and the Society of St John the Evangelist –

in retirement in Norfolk, UK.

Brother Geoffrey Tristram and the Society of St John the Evangelist –

Cambridge, USA

ALTON & BETHANY

Former members of our communities.

ALTON COMPANIONS

Lesley Edwards

Melanie Evans

Pamela Fair

Margaret Fletcher

Margery Godden

Sarah Groombridge

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Revd Pennie Payne

Mrs Patricia Penny

Mrs Christine Plant

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 27


Sister Adele Marie and the Society of St Margaret –

Duxbury, Boston, and New York, USA ; and Port-au-Prince, HAITI.

Sister Judith Blackburn and the Society of St Margaret –

Hackney, UK.

Mother Jennifer Anne and the Society of St Margaret –

Chiswick, UK ; and Colombo, SRI LANKA.

Sister Mary Teresa and Sister Angela

and the Society of St Margaret –

Walsingham, UK.

ALTON & BETHANY

Our financial advisers, accountants and auditors.

ALTON COMPANIONS

Linda Harris

David Head

Jill Hurley

Elspeth Isherwood

Michael Isherwood

Margaret Kerlogue

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Revd Dr. John Preston

Miss Christine Profit

Mrs Carol Roberts

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 28


Canon Barnabas Hunt and Canon Andrew Rank, the Society of St Paul –

San Diego, USA.

Devasevikaramaya

an order for women -

Kurunegala, SRI LANKA.

The Order of Women

Karnataka, INDIA

The Sisters of the Order of St Benedict-

Kyungnam, SOUTH KOREA.

ALTON COMPANIONS

Alison Lees

Val Lewis

Robin McKinley-Dickinson

Sarah Manouch

Jean Moore

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Marigold Rodford

Mrs Margaret Simpson

Mr Bradley Smith

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 29


The Congregation of the Sisters of the Visitation of Our Lady –

Popondetta, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

The Sisters of the Society of the Franciscan Servants of Jesus and Mary –

Posbury St Francis, UK.

The Sisters of the Society of Our Lady of the Isles –

Shetland, UK

ALTON COMPANIONS

Barbara Mosse

Audrey Pink

Penelope Potter

Lynne Rapson

Chris Reader

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Revd Tricia Staple

Revd Gloria Steadman

Miss Siân Thomas

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 30


The Order of the Teachers of the Children of God –

Tucson. USA

The Sisters of the Society of Our Lady St Mary,

Digby, CANADA.

Peter Hibbert and the Oratory of the Good Shepherd

dispersed in UK, AUSTRALIA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTHERN AFRICA.

ALTON & BETHANY

Deceased Members of our Communities.

ALTON COMPANIONS

Sheila Sandison

Audrey Sherren

Hiko Takeda

Sally Turner

Jane Walker

Anna Warhurst

BETHANY ASSOCIATES

Mrs Margery Thurlby

Mrs Frances Yunnie

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

Day 31

ANGLICAN ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES

PERSONAL INTENTIONS

pray together 24 december 2016

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