The Friary, Oxford

The Friary, formally known as Blessed Agnellus of Pisa Friary, formerly All Saints Convent or St John's Home is a centre of formation for the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Cowley, Oxford, England.

The building was constructed in 1873 as the convent of the Anglican Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor.

In 1869, the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor were invited to Oxford by the founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, Richard Meux Benson to run the St John's Home hospital.

In 1873, the foundation stone was laid by Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, for the adjacent convent to the south of the hospital.

[4] In 2013, the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Conventual returned to work in Oxford for the first time since the Reformation.