The Company of Servers (CoS) is a society within the

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other ...

for lay people whose vocation includes serving at the altar. It was inaugurated on 24 January 2009 at

Southwark Cathedral Southwark Cathedral ( ) or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. ...

. It is formed of many chapters based on diocesan boundaries, with the first chapters being inaugurated in the dioceses of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, and Ripon and Leeds. Each chapter appoints a chaplain who is a member of the

Society of Catholic Priests The Society of Catholic Priests (SCP) is a religious society of clergy in the Anglican Communion which draws its membership from Anglicans who consider themselves a part of the liberal Anglo-Catholic tradition. Founding and early history The soc ...

and members of the Company uphold a rule of life which includes: * centre their spiritual life on the

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...

, by sharing in the celebration this sacrament on Sundays and Principal Feasts and Principal Holy Days * devote a period each day to private prayer * make use, as appropriate and according to conscience, of a spiritual director and the sacrament of reconciliation * befriend other members of the Company and attend all meetings of their chapter and central festivals, unless prevented by good reason.http://www.scp.org.uk/uploads/media/CoS_Constitution_Sept2009_CG_Omega.pdf

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