Father Christopher Jamison is the Abbot of Worth, a Benedictine monastery in Sussex, which featured in the BBC2 series 'The Monastery' (3 million viewers). Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1951, he studied at Downside School and Oxford University. After becoming a monk in 1973, he taught at Worth School and became Headmaster in 1994. He was elected Abbot in 2002, is President of the International Commission on Benedictine Education and sits on the Council of the Alliance for International Monasticism, a body that promotes links between monasteries across the North/South divide. He is the author of Finding Sanctuary.