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Letter from the Editor: A very Happy Easter to our readers

March 31, 2024

Back in 2022, I visited the Garden of Gethsemane – where the Lord’s Passion began with His arrest. Beside the ancient olive grove – some gnarled trees date back 1,000 years – is the Basilica of the Agony (originally a crusader chapel) where I knelt with my wife at the bedrock of stones, encircled by

Ofsted gives Ampleforth the all-clear

November 14, 2022

Ofsted has given Ampleforth College a clean bill of health two years after the school was banned from accepting new admissions amid concerns over safeguarding standards. A new report from the education watchdog has found that child protection at the North Yorkshire public school – sometimes referred to as the “Catholic Eton” – was now

‘Preparing people for life’

August 30, 2021

Ampleforth College’s new headmaster Robin Dyer is laying a solid foundation for the future at the ‘Catholic Eton’. By Olenka Hamilton

Back to basics for a better education system

May 01, 2021

Catholic education needs a radical return to its roots

Why Ampleforth is worth saving

April 01, 2021

The college has always been ahead of its time – and still has so much to offer, says Michael Pritchett

Ampleforth College defends decision to allow accused priest to remain on school grounds

April 06, 2017

The college has said that it adhered to safeguarding recommendations following accusations of abuse

Ampleforth Abbey awarded £2.9 million lottery grant

November 30, 2016

The home of the largest Benedictine monastic community in Britain has been given a fundraising boost for urgent repairs to preserve historic church

Ampleforth Abbey’s oldest monk dies aged 98

February 25, 2016

Abbot Patrick Barry had been a monk at the abbey for just over 80 years

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