Following
the directives of the Chapter Documents of 1969 , the modernisation
demanded by the II Vatican Council had to be put into practice. Thus
the noviciate was moved from Sunningdale to Allanton and the Sixth
Form students were transferred from Allanton to Sunningdale, where
they attended school at the Salesian College, Chertsey. Boys wishing
to become Missionary Brothers were moved from Mirfield to
Sunningdale, having instruction in Mechanics, Carpentry and Joinery,
and Agriculture.
The
Scholasticate
In 1971 it was decided to close the house at Bradford for work
among the Italian workers in Yorkshire, as this work was thought to
be outside the scope of our missionary activity. In recompense a
house was bought at Elstree to establish an International
Scholasticate for students attending the London Missionary
Institute. For over 25 years many Comboni Missionaries
graduated at the M.I.L. until its closure in 2006.
The
Postulancy
In 1972 the community present in Scotland was transferred from Allanton to
Ardrossan. This house served as postulancy until the community
was closed in 199o and the house put on the market. As
a pied-a-terre in Glasgow a house was built and opened at Barrachnie in 1979
for the convenience
of the vocation promoter.
Leeds
We
wanted to keep a presence in Northern England so when Mirfield was
closed in 1988 we bought a house at Horsforth from the rector of the
All Saints and Holy Trinity College.
Glasgow
In
April 1979, after a lengthy consultation process it was decided to
amalgamate the two communities in Scotland and to purchase a new
property that would suit a community of five/six fathers and serve
as a centre for missionary awareness and vocation promotion. As a
result the community in Ardrossan was closed in 1990, the house in
Barrachnie was sold to the Comboni Sisters and a new community was
formed at Carmyle House in December 1992.
Dublin
Some
students were sent to study Theology at Menouth in Ireland. In 1985
we opened a community in Dublin at Palmerston to start vocation promotion work.
Later the community was moved from its previous site to the actual
one in Clontarf.
Battersea
Parish
In
2007 a new commitment with the immigrants lead to the opening of a
community at Battersea and the acceptance of the Parish of Our Lady
of Lourdes and St. Joseph entrusted to us by the Bishop of
Southwark.
Following
the directives of the Chapter Documents of 1969 , the modernisation
demanded by the II Vatican Council had to be put into practice. Thus
the noviciate was moved from Sunningdale to Allanton and the Sixth
Form students were transferred from Allanton to Sunningdale, where
they attended school at the Salesian College, Chertsey. Boys wishing
to become Missionary Brothers were moved from Mirfield to
Sunningdale, having instruction in Mechanics, Carpentry and Joinery,
and Agriculture.
In 1971 it was decided to close the house at Bradford for work
among the Italian workers in Yorkshire, as this work was thought to
be outside the scope of our missionary activity. In recompense a
house was bought at Elstree to establish an International
Scholasticate for students attending the London Missionary
Institute. For over 25 years many Comboni Missionaries
graduated at the M.I.L. until its closure in 2006.
In 1972 the community present in Scotland was transferred from Allanton to
Ardrossan. This house served as postulancy until the community
was closed in 199o and the house put on the market. As
a pied-a-terre in Glasgow a house was built and opened at Barrachnie in 1979
for the convenience
of the vocation promoter.
We
wanted to keep a presence in Northern England so when Mirfield was
closed in 1988 we bought a house at Horsforth from the rector of the
All Saints and Holy Trinity College. 
In
April 1979, after a lengthy consultation process it was decided to
amalgamate the two communities in Scotland and to purchase a new
property that would suit a community of five/six fathers and serve
as a centre for missionary awareness and vocation promotion. As a
result the community in Ardrossan was closed in 1990, the house in
Barrachnie was sold to the Comboni Sisters and a new community was
formed at Carmyle House in December 1992.
Some
students were sent to study Theology at Menouth in Ireland. In 1985
we opened a community in Dublin at Palmerston to start vocation promotion work.
Later the community was moved from its previous site to the actual
one in Clontarf.
In
2007 a new commitment with the immigrants lead to the opening of a
community at Battersea and the acceptance of the Parish of Our Lady
of Lourdes and St. Joseph entrusted to us by the Bishop of
Southwark.