Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (born 1824)

Richard Meux Benson

Richard Meux Benson was a priest in the Church of England and founder of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, the first religious order of monks in the Anglican Communion since the Reformation. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Anglican Church of Canada on…

Society of St John the Evangelist

Anglican religious order

The Society of St John the Evangelist (SSJE) is an Anglican religious order for men. The members live under a rule of life and, at profession, make monastic vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience.