THE COMPANIONS of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (GSmp), with spiritual roots in the Order of Sempringham founded by St. Gilbert in 1131, is a de facto private association of the faithful, composed of practicing Catholics who wish to grow in personal holiness through a particular devotion to the Saint. The Association is composed of men and women, who come from a variety of walks of life, who live out their vocation in an individual and voluntary obedience to a Rule of Life composed in partnership with one’s spiritual director, each conducting themselves as according to the Statutes of the Association.

Gilbertine Companions are to persist in a unity of spirit and purpose towards the worship of God the Holy Trinity, the building up of the Kingdom of God and the salvation of souls under the patronage of St. Gilbert of Sempringham. Not bound as a community by vows, Companions live a life of individual voluntary prayer, presence and service to specific parishes and neighbourhoods, according to one’s station in life.

Members encourage and empower those with whom they share common locality, experience, or fellowship of interests, to grow in holiness through this apostolate of prayer, presence and service informed by a recovery and celebration of the Anglican Patrimony envisaged in the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.