Welcome to the Father Ignatius Memorial Trust website
The Monastery
The Monastery was founded in 1870 by Fr Ignatius with the aim of restoring monastic life to the Church of England, and it remained in monastic use for over forty years. Eric Gill, the sculptor and typographer, lived there from 1924 to 1928. It has been owned by the Knill family since 1986.
The Pilgrimage
Usually the Trust holds an annual pilgrimage to Llanthony and Capel-y-ffin including an optional 3½ mile walk from Llanthony to Capel-y-ffin along the eastern side of the valley. Unfortunately this year’s pilgrimage has had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic (see our News page).
The Trust
The Trust objectives include the care of Ignatius’ ruined abbey church, and the nearby Wayside Calvary and statue of Our Lady, as places of pilgrimage, prayer and worship. Although the church is is now structurally unsound and unsafe for public entry, it remains a focus of the annual pilgrimage.
The Trust Archive
There is a collection of Father Ignatius Memorial Trust archive material at Abergavenny Museum. We have also made some documents and articles available on the website on the Documents page.
How you can help
We aim to keep the memory of Ignatius alive and to continue the annual Pilgrimage. You are warmly invited to make a donation and to become a Friend of the Father Ignatius Memorial Trust by subscribing to the Trust Newsletter.
(See the Help Us page).
Father Ignatius of Llanthony
Fr Ignatius OSB (Revd. Joseph Leycester Lyne, 1837-1908) was a prominent figure in the Catholic Revival which swept the 19th century Church of England. As a young man he resolved to restore to it the monastic life lost at the Reformation, and devoted the rest of his life to this aim.
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Pilgrimage Evensong in the ruins of the Abbey Church, 1979 or possibly early 1980s (afterthought: definitely 1979, as remains of tiled steps still in situ; they were removed in 1980). The lesson being read in holiday mode by the Dean of Canterbury, the Very Reverend Victor de Waal (who had preached at the 1978 pilgrimage).
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Stranded in paradise: a spring awakening amid the Welsh hills
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Locked down alone in a remote valley, one Londoner is discovering something like freedomRather simplistic, but charming nonetheless. In other circumstances he might have discovered the Catholic strain in the CofE, or become Orthodox.
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