Carmelite Monastery - Thicket Priory - York

01/09/2026

On 28th August 2026, the Carmelite community at Thicket Priory near York celebrated their Centenary of Foundation.The C...

01/09/2026

An account of our Centenary celebrations

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55768 York Carmelite Nuns celebrate Centenary of Foundation | ICN

On 28th August 2026, the Carmelite community at Thicket Priory near York celebrated their Centenary of Foundation.The C...

30/08/2026

On 28th August 2026, we celebrated with joy the Centenary of our community's foundation.
The Carmel of the Annunciation was founded by Mother Mary of Jesus (Prioress of Notting Hill Carmel) at Exmouth on 28th August 1926.
We subsequently moved north to Thicket Priory near York in 1955 and to a smaller purpose-built monastery on the same site in 2009.
We give thanks for the many graces of these 100 years following in the footsteps of St Teresa and witnessing to the presence of the living God in our world.
Thank you all for the many ways in which you support us in our life of prayer and service here at Thicket 🙏

09/08/2026

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, pray for us 🙏

9 August 1942 | Edith Stein, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Discalced Carmelite nun OCD, patron of Europe, was murdered in a gas chamber of the German N**i Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.

Edith Stein was born on 12 October 1891,. She was a German Jew from Wrocław, doctor of philosophy specialising in phenomenology. A teacher of the girls’ colleges in Speyer and later in Münster. Converted to Christianity in 1922, she joined the Carmelite convent in Cologne in 1933.

With the attacks on the Jews intensifying in Germany, Sister Theresa Benedicta was moved to the Carmelite convent in Echt in the Netherlands. There she studied the works of St John of the Cross. In 1942, after protests of the Roman Catholic Church against the persecution of the Jewish citizens of the Netherlands, the German occupying powers ordered the detention of Catholic clergy of Jewish origin.

Edith Stein was arrested on 2 August 1942 and taken to Amersdoort and later to Westerbork. A few days later, a transport of 987 Jews from Westerbork was sent to Auschwitz. Their number included Edith Stein and her older sister, Rosa Stein. The transport arrived on 8 August 1942. After a selection on the ramp, both were sent to the gas chamber, where they were killed, most probably on 9 August 1942.

Pope John Paul II beatified Edith Stein in 1987, and canonised her in 1998. A year later, the nun became one of the six patron saints of Europe.

26/07/2026

St Titus Brandsma: Pray for us 🙏

Read a brief introduction to St. Titus Brandsma by Richard Green, O.Carm.
https://carmelite.org/weekly-reflections/st-titus-brandsma-1881-1942/

09/07/2026

The sunshine, lavender and buddleia are attracting the butterflies at Thicket 🌞🦋

31/05/2026

We were pleased to host a renewal day for our own parish of St. George's, York yesterday. The day was blessed with good weather and a beautiful Mass together. 🙏

25/05/2026

24/05/2026

Wishing you all a very blessed Pentecost Sunday 🙏🕊🔥

05/05/2026

Many friends of Thicket will remember our brother, Fr David Fox O.Carm., who regularly celebrated our Sunday Mass from around 2005-2008.
May he rest in peace 🙏