Set on 60 acres of woodland in Hingham, Glastonbury Abbey provides a peaceful place for private reflection. A community of Benedictine monks lives at the monastery, founded in 1954 by the Abbey of St.

As the third Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Father Thomas O’Connor is its spiritual leader, enjoying nothing better than listening to the bells chime —- a call to prayer several times a day that he says ...

HINGHAM – A group of volunteers from Hingham’s Glastonbury Abbey monastery has been recognized by Father Bill’s and MainSpring for its ongoing support of Claremont House, a Quincy home for 12 formerly ...

Glastonbury Abbey recently celebrated its 60th year, and Father Thomas O’Connor, Abbot of the Abbey, has served there for 45 of them. This prayer-based community, located at 20 Hull St. in Hingham in ...

Although today it stands in ruins, Glastonbury Abbey, in Somerset, England, is still a powerfully evocative place, shrouded in history, religion, and mythology. One story claims that Joseph of ...

SOMERSET, ENGLAND—Researchers from the University of Reading reassessed and reinterpreted the history of Glastonbury Abbey, a site that has been called the burial place of the legendary King Arthur ...

Pottery fragments from an excavation archive of Glastonbury Abbey have shown the site dates back to the Dark Ages which is later than previously thought. The research project into the 1951-1964 ...

Liar, liar, robes on fire! Medieval monks lied about the history of Glastonbury Abbey to boost donations to the church’s coffers, according to a new study. Although Glastonbury monks claimed they’d ...

Led by Reading University, archaeologists found the site was occupied 200 years earlier than previously estimated. Project leader Prof Roberta Gilchrist said its monks perpetuated myths to raise funds ...