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Whether you are exploring the possibility of a vocation, have questions about the Order, or simply want to learn more, we warmly welcome your enquiry. There is no obligation and no pressure. We are here to listen, to share, and to walk with you wherever God may be leading.
When you contact us, a member of the Order will respond personally, usually within a few days. The initial conversation is entirely informal. We will be happy to answer your questions, share more about life in the Order, and help you begin to discern whether God might be calling you to this path. If you wish to explore further, we will connect you with a guide in your area (or online) who will accompany you through the early stages of enquiry.
If you would like the Order to pray for a particular intention, please let us know. We are a community of prayer, and we count it a privilege to bring your needs before God.
Our Rule of Life
The Order draws from two great wells of Christian wisdom. The first is the Celtic monastic tradition of St David, with its emphasis on closeness to creation, joyful simplicity, and the awareness of what the Celtic saints called the thin places -- those moments and spaces where heaven seems very close to earth. The second is the Rule of St Benedict, one of the most enduring guides to Christian life ever written, with its gentle wisdom, its balance of prayer and work, and its call to stability and conversion of life.
Together, these two traditions shape a Rule of Life that is practical, grounded, and suited to people living in the modern world.
Prior General
Most Rev Felix Gibbins OSD
prior@orderofstdavid.org
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Prayer to St David
O God, who did call your servant David to be a preacher of the Gospel and a light to the people of Celtic communities, grant that we who honour his memory may follow his example: being joyful in faith, steadfast in hope, and faithful in the little things of daily life. Through the intercession of St David, may we drink deeply from the well of your grace, labour faithfully in your vineyard, and at the last come to that blessed rest where, with him and all your saints, we shall praise you for ever. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.