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Order of the Holy Paraclete

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Template:Anglican Portal The Order of The Holy Paraclete (OHP) is an Anglican religious community. The community began in 1915 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, 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 Southern Africa.

The Order of the Holy Paraclete "greatly values the wide circle of friends which makes up its extended family" consisting of friends, associates and tertiaries. Sister Dorothy Stella is the Prioresss of the community at present.

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