Who We Are

  • About St Antony's Priory

    St Antony’s Priory is a Christian spirituality centre in Durham, operated by the Society of the Sacred Mission (SSM).

  • Who's Who on the Team

    The work of the Priory is enabled by a committed and talented staff team, as well as a number of volunteers.

  • Support Us

    Donate to the Priory, for spiritual direction, retreat accommodation or attendance at an event or activity.

What We Do

  • The Chapel

    All are welcome to join us for regular weekday and Sunday services in the Chapel, as well as festivals.

  • Spiritual Direction

    We can help you find a spiritual director. We also run training for Spiritual Directors, and provide meeting rooms.

  • Retreats and Quiet Days

    The Cottage has four self-catering flats for people wishing to spend a few days on individual private retreat.

Come and See

  • Religious Life Insitute

    In an exciting new development we are now establishing an Institute for Anglican Religious Life.

  • The Library

    The Priory’s new library was created as part the refurbishment works in 2019. The catalogue is now online.

  • Speaker Events

    Including termly research seminars, in partnership with the university of Durham, as well as other one-off events.

St Antony’s Priory is a Christian spirituality centre in Durham operated by the Society of the Sacred Mission, an Anglican Religious Order originally established towards the end of the 19th Century.

Today the Priory offers spiritual accompaniment and training for spiritual directors, hospitality for groups and individuals, and a varying programme of other activities, including speaker events put on by the Institute for Anglican Religious Life.

There is a full timetable of weekday and Sunday services in the chapel (which members of the public are very welcome to attend), as well as the principal festivals of the Christian year. Our worship is in the catholic tradition of the Church of England, and includes significant periods of silent prayer. Please note that if attending services outside of normal office hours (e.g. on a Sunday or in the evening) it will be necessary to access the Chapel via the outside steps.

Overnight accommodation is available in the Cottage guesthouse, which has four self-catering rooms for people wishing to spend a few days on retreat.

Latest News from St Antony's Priory

We are excited to be establishing a new Institute for Anglican Religious Life, here at St Antony’s in Durham. This will involve working with Anglican religious communities to ensure the preservation of their legacy, as well as exploring how the wisdom of the past might inform future expressions of religious life. For more information about this development, including our programme of speaker events, see the dedicated Insitute website here.

The Letters of herbert Kelly and Dorothy L. Sayers

In 1937 Herbert Kelly, founder of SSM, and the celebrated novelist and playwright Dorothy L. Sayers, began a fascinating correpsondence that would go on until 1950. This volume, edited and with an informative introduction by Scholastica Jacob, our Librarian and Archivist, publishes the full correspondence for the first time. It is now available to order from Amazon.

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Where we are

St Antony’s Priory
74 Claypath, Durham, DH1 1QT

Getting in touch

T. 0191 384 3747
E. admin@stantonyspriory.org

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