The Bar Convent

UK's oldest living convent. Home to the Congregation of Jesus who founded the first school for girls in the country. Heritage house with a fascinating history

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Customer Notice - Due to essential maintenance our exhibition will be closed in Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th June.

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We are looking forward to welcoming the York Mystery Plays to the Bar Convent on the 4th July for a performance of Journey to Calvary in our garden. This event is free.

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@histcatholic @madddyphillipps @jon_chant @Durham_Theology @IMEMSDurham @BarConvSpecColl @CatholicRS @ISHWR_A We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to our house.

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PhD researchers @madddyphillipps and @jon_chant from @Durham_Theology are talking at the York Catholic History Day on 6 June about book networks in the @barconventyork library and the library of the English College at Lisbon #twitterstorians #history #bookhistory #catholicism

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For Sister Patricia's family, friends and colleagues, we will be live streaming her Funeral Mass tomorrow (19th Aug) at 3pm.

Please note this will be done in-house, therefore the sound quality might not be very clear in places but we will do our best❤️

https://t.co/Vicu24ynON

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It is with sadness that we announce that Sr Patricia died very peacefully in hospital on 11 August after a brief serious illness. May she rest in peace. We give thanks for her wonderful, fruitful, long life.

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There's still time to find a quiet space and join our livestream direct from our chapel here at The Bar Convent as we host mass based upon our medieval Bar Convent Arma Christi prayer roll. All are welcome! 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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Join us today as we go online at 11.25am to share our groundbreaking Bar Convent Arma Christi mass, which will be based on the very rare 'responses' on this very special medieval prayer roll. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi #BarConventYork https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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It's possible the Bar Convent Arma Christi might not have been used for communal prayer in over 500 years. Tomorrow, we'll livestream mass from our chapel which shall change that. Join us online from 11:25am. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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Tomorrow we shall bring Catholic history to life as we livestream a mass based on our Bar Convent Arma Christi, from our chapel and in the presence of our Sisters. Join us online from 11:25am. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi #BarConventYork https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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People from around the globe are invited to join us online this Friday at 11:25am as we livestream mass from our chapel featuring the responses shown here in red on the Bar Convent Arma Christi. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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Invited guests willjoin our Sisters in our chapel at The Bar Convent for a world-first livestream of Mass based on the Bar Convent Arma Christi. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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Following our discovery of the Bar Convent Arma Christi, a unique medieval prayer roll, we now present another world-first. Join us online this Friday as we livestream mass based upon the roll's 'responses'. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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The Bar Convent Arma Christi roll is unique as it features communal prayer 'responses' in red. Join us online on Friday 9th May 2025 at 11.25am as we worship with the roll for the first time in over 500 years. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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This Friday sees another world-first for York as we livestream mass from our chapel for the very first time, and which will be based upon the Bar Convent Arma Christi roll. Join us online at 11:25am. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/O3z8rU8dAQ

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There will be no tours on Fri 9 May, as we have a very special service taking place - the first Arma Christi service in over 500 years! Watch it online from 11.25am BST, with the Mass starting at 11.30am BST here: https://t.co/YwYtUMBg59

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What can we learn about medieval worship, society, artistry & education from the Bar Convent Arma Christi? We look forward to welcoming academics, historians & history buffs to come & see for themselves. 📸 by Bar Convent York #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/HxsHqyHjMp

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Imagine being the first person to unfurl this small and delicate roll of parchment in possibly over hundreds of years, not knowing what beauty and history would be found inside. 📸 by Bar Convent York. #BarConventArmaChristi #BarConventYork https://t.co/HxsHqyHjMp

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Please note the Centre is closed for Easter from Thursday (17th April) late afternoon and reopens on Tuesday (22nd April) at 8am. We wish everyone a wonderful Easter weekend! 📸 Gareth Buddo

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The pigmentation on the reds, greens & golds in these illustrations are remarkable when one considers that very little is known about the Bar Convent Arma Christi's journey from the 15th century to present day. 📸 by Bar Convent York #BarConventArmaChristi https://t.co/HxsHqyHjMp