Hilfield Friary
An invitation to join our mailing list
We would like to invite you to join our mailing list so that you can receive our bi-annual Hilfield Update Newsletter, our Programme of events and any important information. Please contact Sara at passf@franciscans.org.uk or phone her on 01300 342311.
Vision Statement
In our daily living we aspire to be:
Rooted – we seek to live simply and gratefully, caring for the land that we have been entrusted with.
Christian – following Christ in the way of St Francis we care for the poor and marginalised
of our society and all of creation.
Family – an open and inclusive community that welcomes all people and creation.
Adopted by the Community on 4th September 2018
“As a Franciscan community, we follow the marks of humility, love and joy. This shapes the culture we try to live out. We are deeply committed to being an inclusive and safe space for everyone, whatever their background, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, gender identity, disability, mental health, neurodiversity or faith. Our community members are very diverse and we seek to live alongside and to love and learn from each other in all our differences. To help maintain this culture of inclusivity and allow all our community members and guests to feel safe, we expect all our guests to be kind, respectful (including respecting people’s preferred pronouns), open to learning, and generous to everyone they engage with. While the community is a Christian, Franciscan friary, we welcome people of all faiths and none, as well as Christians from all kinds of church backgrounds. You are welcome here whatever your feelings or practices of faith so long as you are respectful to those who might be different. Our policy is that we do not tolerate any discriminatory or aggressive behaviour or speech and, in extreme cases, we may ask guests to leave if they are being especially disruptive or causing the Friary to feel unsafe for others.”
Donations
Hilfield and the wider Society of St Francis rely totally on donations for our income.
The excess income generated at Hilfield supports SSF houses without their own income generation. You can Gift Aid your donation too. Simply contact Suzi on hilfieldssf@franciscans.org.uk, or phone on 01300 341345 who will send one via email or post.
We are very happy to accept Donations by card, Standing Order, Paypal or via a legacy in your Will. Please contact us for mor information about any of these ways to Donate.
We are delighted to offer standing order donors complimentary Franciscan Magazines three times per year.
