Please pray for the priests who have served our community over the years:

• Father Stephen Bould, our current priest
• Dom. Martin Gowman O.S.B.
• Dom. Antony Sutch O.S.B.
• Father Simon Blakesley
• Father Adrian Gates
• Dom. Michael Clothier O.S.B.
• 1975-1989: Dom. Aelred Watkin O.S.B. – obituary in The Independent; obituary from the Society of Antiquaries
• Dom. Francis Little O.S.B.
• Dom. Peter Beasley O.S.B.
• Dom. Ralph Sigebert Trafford O.S.B., Abbot of Downside 1938–1946, whose portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery
• Dom. Benet Innes O.S.B.
• Dom. Rudesind (“Dolly”) Brookes O.B.E., M.C., O.S.B.
• Fr. Meinred Fulton
• Fr. Edmund Ford (later Abbot of Downside)

THE PRAYER OF ST BENEDICT

Gracious and Holy Father,
Please give me:
intellect to understand you,
reason to discern you,
diligence to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
a spirit to know you,
a heart to meditate upon you,
ears to hear you,
eyes to to see you,
a tongue to proclaim you,
a way of life pleasing to you,
patience to wait for you
and perseverance to look for you.
Grant me a perfect end,
your holy presence,
a blessed resurrection
and life everlasting. Amen.