About us

Monos was launched in May of 2005 to support the conversation and practice of the benefits of incorporating monastic practice and spirituality into everyday Christian living.

The conversation of these benefits: solidified in 2004 with an exchange of letters with the then Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowen Williams, where after expressing  concerns of the use monastic in his Mission-Shaped Church document, he said, ‘I quite take the point about the risks of re-defining the essence of the monastic calling itself in a way that might undermine its integrity.’

The Practice of these benefits: gained momentum in 1998 with a few family members and close friends clinging together through difficult times, it was too the monastic tradition they found support in their attempts at Christ centred responses as well as holding them together through these difficult moments.

Over the years Monos has become a place of hospitality for many people who have found themselves at its ‘door’, whether: burnt out, facing difficulties within their church, community or family, in need of friendship, seeking advice around community living or eagerness to join the conversation about the benefits of incorporating monastic spirituality into every day Christian living.