St. Mary’s Monastery was built by the Redemptorists in the 1860s as a centre for missions and retreats. In the words of a spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Scotland it has “been central in the development of the spiritual lives of most of our priests in Scotland over the years – as well as, of course, helping tremendous numbers …
Our B-Listed Gothic building
An ecumenical religious retreat, St Mary’s Monastery is run by the Redemptorist Order (more formally known as the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer). The development was privately funded and built by local architect Andrew Heiton. The B-listed Gothic structure consists of four-storey buildings arranged in a U-plan. The first buildings were completed in 1868, with the community taking up …