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Prayer Requests
Welcome to our Prayer Requests page. If you, or someone you know, are in need of prayer, we will be glad to help. All you need to do is to e mail your request to the following address and it will be taken up and held in prayer before God on a regular basis and in complete confidence. gsr.rempstone@webleicester.co.uk All our branches are dedicated to praying for those in need and it is at the heart of all that we do. And it may be that there is a branch near you that could help you. However this web page is in the special care of the Guild branch at the Community of the Holy Cross, near Loughborough, a convent where the sisters are particularly dedicated to a life of prayer. Prayer support will be given initially for a month, but we invite you to keep in touch and in particular to let us know if the situation changes in any way. Here for your interest is a bit more about the Community.
The Community of the Holy Cross The Community has had an interesting history. It was founded in 1857 by Elizabeth Neale, the sister of the well known hymnographer John Mason Neale, in answer to an appeal from Father Charles Lowder, whose parish included some of the most sordid areas of East London. The sisters started a refuge for women and children, and at first met with fierce opposition from the publicans and brothel keepers, who felt that their trade was being damaged by the Church's work. It was only after the severe cholera epidemic of 1866 and the part the Church played in it, that they became fully accepted by the local community.
The Sisters write:
'Our work and prayer for the unity of all Christians continues and to this end we produce leaflets which are published once or twice a year. There is also another series fostering Christian spirituality. These bring contact by correspondence with Christians of many denominations all over the world and the opportunity to share insights with them as well as requests for prayer.' Prayer requests can also be made by post. The address for these is: Sister Mary Cuthbert, Community of the Holy Cross, Holy Cross Convent, Rempstone Hall, Rempstone, Nr Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 6RG.
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Later
when numbers increased branch houses were opened in other places where there
were similar needs. Gradually however as the years went by, the Community
felt called to a more enclosed form of life, and in 1926 they began using the
full Benedictine Office.
During World War II their convent, now at Haywards Heath, was turned into a War
Emergency Hospital, with the sisters sleeping on bunks in the cellars.
After the war they adopted the Rule of St Benedict and changed from being
an active to an enclosed Community. It was during those years that their
prayer and work for Christian unity became increasingly important and this has
continued to the present day. Now, with much smaller numbers, their
Convent is at Rempstone, three miles north of Loughborough, and it is there that
they carry on their work of worship and prayer and their ministry to guests and
visitors who come for retreats and quiet days. 
'Here
in this beautiful place, we continue to live our Religious Life. Our main
work is the worship of God in the daily eucharist and the sevenfold office, and
in personal prayer and intercession for the world and all its needs. From
these spring our ministry to guests and visitors who come for retreats and Quiet
Days.