The Society of the Friends of Little Gidding

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, AND IN PARTICULAR - (I) TO GIVE THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE HOLY LIVES AND EXAMPLES OF NICHOLAS FERRAR AND THOSE WHO SHARED HIS LIFE AT LITTLE GIDDING. (II) TO VENERATE HIS MEMORY AND TO HONOUR THOSE IDEALS OF CHRISTIAN FAMILY LIFE OF WHICH LITTLE GIDDING PROVIDED SO PERFECT A PATTERN. (III) TO TAKE A PRACTICAL AND ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE CARE, UPKEEP AND ADORNMENT OF THE CHURCH OF LITTLE GIDDING AND ITS PRECINCTS. (IV) TO ARRANGE, AS OCCASION PROVIDES, FOR VISITS AND PILGRIMAGES TO LITTLE GIDDING AND, IN ANY OTHER WAYS THAT MAY BE DEEMED FITTING, TO PRESERVE THE SENSE OF LITTLE GIDDING AS A HOLY PLACE, FROM WHICH THE SANCTITY CAN NEVER DEPART. (V) TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES FOR PILGRIMS AND OTHER VISITORS TO COME TO, VISIT, OR STAY AT LITTLE GIDDING. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE OF NICHOLAS FERRAR AT LITTLE GIDDING AND ALSO THE CONNECTION OF T S ELIOT WITH LITTLE GIDDING.