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Benedictine Monks had been in Auckland in the nineteenth century, but as they died out they were not replaced. It was a good century later that the Benedictine presence was renewed in New Zealand and Auckland when the Tyburn Nuns set up this centre of monastic spirituality and hospitality in the Auckland Diocese.

The Monastery is set in the beautiful countryside of the Bombay Hills. The property has a stream, several fresh water springs and a native bush reserve. The nuns have established an orchard, a "monastery garden" for guests and a beautiful bush walk for both visitors and nuns.

Monastic hospitality is available in the form of private and group retreats, parish meetings; shared liturgy and eucharistic adoration. Oblates have begun.

Two words sum up the spirit of this monastery - Living Hope.

Story of Tyburn Monastery