The Fellowship of the Lord’s Plate is a community of generous supporters who have demonstrated their commitment to the mission of the Gilbertine Institute through a monthly gift. Their support helps to embolden, bolster, and sustain parents in their vocation as the primary educators of their children, guiding them to embrace Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

Before founding the Gilbertine Order in 1131, St Gilbert founded a school and served as Master of Schools, educating local boys and girls. His Order came into being when seven of his female students asked him for a monastic rule, habit, and enclosure. The community would grow as a double house of men and women — that of a willing people of the voluntary poor of Christ. The way by which they went was narrow, but was to eternal life.

The Gilbertines undertook all manner of work: tending sheep, teaching in schools, caring for the sick in hospitals, brewing, and whatever else was required. Yet St Gilbert’s foremost concern was always the personal holiness of his flock. So it was that he included in the Holy Rule a particular devotion to the “Plate of the Lord Jesus”—the custom of setting aside a portion of the community’s best food to be shared with the poor and the hungry.

Today, the observance of the Lord’s Plate is carried on by the Companions of St Gilbert, expressed as a tangible concern for those in need through personal works of charity. Members of the Fellowship of the Lord’s Plate enter into this long, noble and faithful tradition of love of God and neighbour by supporting the educational mission of the Gilbertine Institute.

Enrol in the fellowship today by becoming a monthly donor.

Member Benefits

• Members will be prayed for at every campus mass by our staff and students with the prayer below. This amounts to 7 masses a week during the school year.

• A specially designed pin of the badge of The Fellowship of the Lord’s Plate

• Monthly newsletter offering exclusive updates

A Collect for the Fellowship of the Lord’s Plate

Vouchsafe O Lord, for thy name’s sake,
to reward with eternal life all them that do us good,
especially those of the Fellowship of the Lord’s Plate.
May we, with them,
Be always mindful of the needs of others.
Amen.