Cowley Fathers
| Abbreviation | SSJE |
|---|---|
| Formation | AD 1866 |
| Founder |
Richard Meux Benson Charles Chapman Grafton |
| Type | Anglican religious order |
| Headquarters | 980 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA |
| Website | ssje |
The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience.
SSJE was founded in 1866 at Cowley, Oxford, England, by Father Richard Meux Benson, a priest in the Church of England, and Fr Charles Chapman Grafton. Known colloquially as the Cowley Fathers, the society was the first stable religious community of men to be established in the Anglican Communion since the English Reformation. For many years the society had houses in Scotland, India, South Africa, Japan and Canada.
In 1870 the society came to Boston, Massachusetts, where it became part of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The members of the North American congregation live in a monastery designed by Ralph Adams Cram in Cambridge, near Harvard Square. The guest house was built in memory of Isabella Stewart Gardner. The Society has a rural retreat centre, Emery House, in West Newbury, where guests can stay in small hermitages in the meadow.
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