Residences in the British Isles
St. Joseph's, Ashurst, Southampton
St. Joseph's, Ashurst, began life as the Novitiate house for the newly-erected Province in 1942, so most of the younger members of the Province have spent their first year of Religious Formation there. Today it is a Pastoral Centre, "Geo House", run mainly by the Volunteer Missionary Movement with the collaboration of the Montfort Missionaries, whose main purpose is the training and ongoing formation of missionaries, both lay and religious.
Geo House has its own Web pages here.
Top27 St Gabriel's Road, Cricklewood
Formerly the Provincial Residence, the house in Cricklewood provides a pied à terre for members of the Province visiting London, and is home to two confreres who engage in a variety of helping and counselling ministries.
Montfort House, Blundellsands, Liverpool
Montfort House, Liverpool, was one of the earliest missionary residences of the Montfort Missionaries in England. Opened in 1948, it was for many years, not only a residence for a team of itinerant mission preachers, but the centre for the publication of the magazine 'Queen and Mother', which was published by the Company of Mary from 1938 until 1972. At various times, it has also been the residence of the Provincial Superior. As well as helping in a number of parishes in the area, the confreres who live there act as chaplains to a number of Convents in the area. Montfort House is also the centre for the Montfortian Associates and especially for the Association 'Mary Queen of All Hearts'.
"Sandymount", Blundellsands, Liverpool
Next door to Montfort House in Liverpool, is "Sandymount", which was acquired by the Company of Mary in the early 60s. It was the Provincial residence for a time, then became a Retreat House, which it remained for many years. Today it is run by the Montfort Missionaries, in collaboration with a group of lay-people, as a House of Prayer, where individuals and groups can come to make retreats, to pray, to have some quiet time, to receive formation, etc.