Agnes Mason
Agnes Mason | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 August 1849 |
| Died | 19 December 1941 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
Agnes Mason (10 August 1849 – 19 December 1941) was a British nun, notable as the founder of a religious order of the Anglican Communion, the Community of the Holy Family.
Family and education
Mason was born in
Career
After gaining her degree she lectured at Bedford College, London.[1]
Mason used this house as a convent
From 1892 to 1895 she worked at the
Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, was another of her supporters and he used his authority to establish her as the Mother Superior of this new group. The community remained small but it did establish teaching locations in London, St Leonards-on-Sea, Leeds, and Cambridge, and in India at All Saints' College, Nainital.
In 1913 it obtained its headquarters, or mother house, at Holmhurst St Mary, St Leonards.[1] This was a house once owned by Augustus Hare and it had been extended using the profits from his writing.[3]
Mason died at Holmhurst St Mary on 19 December 1941.[1]
Works
In 1909 Mason published Saint Theresa: The History of Her Foundations, which she had translated.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Julia Bolton Holloway, ‘Mason, (Frances) Agnes (1849–1941)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Nov 2016
- ^ Katherine Field, ‘Mason, (Marianne) Harriet (1845–1932)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 accessed 17 April 2017
- ^ Augustus Hare and Holmhurst, Umilta.net, Retrieved 13 November 2016
- ISBN 978-1-107-65545-4.