The Community of the Sisters of the Love of God (SLG) is an

Anglican religious order Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of both men and women) in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule of life. The members of religious orders take vows which often include ...

of contemplative

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s founded in 1906 within the

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. The community has always drawn upon

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spirituality. The community is at the Convent of the Incarnation, Fairacres,

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, England. Formerly it had houses at

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in Hertfordshire,

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in East Sussex, and

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in Kent. The community planned a convent in the

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in the 1930s, but this phase of work never came to fruition, owing to the outbreak of the

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. The community has a small publishing house, SLG Press, which was founded in 1967 and produces a magazine twice a year, the ''Fairacres Chronicle'', and short works on prayer and the spiritual life.

Notable people

* Margaret Sampson (Sister Mary Clare), Mother Superior from 1954 to 1973 *

Benedicta Ward Benedicta Ward (born Florence Margaret Ward, 4 February 1933 – 23 May 2022) was a Church of England nun, theologian and historian. She was a member of the Anglican religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God and reader ...

References

External links

Official websiteSLG Press - Christian spirituality and prayer
{{Authority control Anglican orders and communities Carmelite spirituality Christian organizations established in 1906 Anglican religious orders established in the 20th century 1906 establishments in England