Colchester - on the move

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Over the past months we have been planning our new building on the Greenstead estate on the outskirts of Colchester. We have watched the walls rise, the roof go on and the windows appearing. At the beginning of May the foundations of the prayer space (the chapel) were uncovered and the building grew.

On the 27th August 2009 (eve of St. Augustine) the group of 10 who had been living temporarily in Priory Street Colchester moved in to the new building, although the builders still had a lot to finish, including the prayer space. The following weekend the whole Community (17 of us) were together in our new house for meetings. The prayer space was ready to move into for 8th October, our Foundation Day, and that morning Fr. Conrad, our Parish Priest, celebrated Mass there for the whole Community. That evening we were joined for Evening Prayer by some of our lay Companions.