Order of the Holy Paraclete

Order of the Holy Paraclete

The Order of The Holy Paraclete (OHP) is an Anglican religious community. The community began in 1915, when it was founded by Margaret Cope (1886-1961) at the Mother House of St. Hilda's Priory, Sneaton Castle, Whitby.[1]

History

The priory is named after St. Hilda of Whitby, the patron saint of Whitby, who founded a monastery on the east cliff in 657. The Order also has houses on the Beachcliff in Whitby, Kingston upon Hull, and York, as well as St. Oswald's Pastoral Centre in Sleights, near Whitby. The community describes itself as "active and contemplative", and follows the Benedictine tradition, following a regular pattern of monastic worship. The community has pioneered educational and medical work in Ghana from as early as 1926 and continues to do so today. The order also continues work in Swaziland and Johannesburg in South Africa.

The Order of the Holy Paraclete's website states that it "greatly values the wide circle of friends which makes up its extended family" [2] consisting of friends, associates and tertiaries. Sister Dorothy Stella is the current Prioresss of the community.

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