As a Franciscan community, we follow the marks of humility, love and joy. This shapes the culture we try to live out. We are deeply committed to being an inclusive and safe space for everyone, whatever their background, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, gender identity, disability, mental health, neurodiversity or faith. 

Our community members are very diverse and we seek to live alongside and to love and learn from each other in all our differences.

To help maintain this culture of inclusivity and to allow all our Community members and guests to feel safe, we expect all guests to be kind, respectful (including respecting people’s preferred pronouns), open to learning, and generous to everyone they engage with.

While the Community is a Christian, Franciscan friary, we welcome people of all faiths and none, as well as Christians from all kinds of church backgrounds.  You are welcome here whatever your feelings or practices of faith so long as you are respectful to those who might be different. 

We do not tolerate any discriminatory or aggressive behaviour or speech and, in extreme cases, we may ask guests to leave if they are being especially disruptive or causing the Friary to feel unsafe for others.