The blue-and-white clad Sisters of the Community of Our Lady of Walsingham have recently acquired a new novitiate, a converted barn in Dereham, Norfolk, on a large stretch of land with another barn which they are turning into extra rooms for their youth work.
The community is not large, but it’s growing – and in this it is part of a trend worth examining. Other burgeoning communities in England include the Dominican Sisters of St Joseph in Lymington, Hampshire; the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, at Grayshott, Hampshire; and the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in Leeds, Yorkshire.
