Fr Michael Hall celebrated Mass for the Feast of St Benedict at Fountains Abbey on Thursday 11 July 2024.
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best-preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3mi south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, until 1539, when Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fountains Abbey has been a place of religious worship for nearly 900 years, a tradition that is joyfully continued through the work of the Fountains Abbey Chaplaincy; an ecumenical group of Ministers and lay readers of all denominations from local churches working as part of National Trust Volunteering.
