Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB (born 3 June 1933) is an English Roman Catholic nun, ecological activist, and writer. Born as The Honourable Rosamond Mary Dent, she took the religious name of Sister Ancilla upon becoming a Benedictine nun. She was a nun at St Mildred's Abbey, Minster-in-Thanet in Kent, England. The elder daughter of William Dent and his wife, Mary, the 19th Baroness Furnivall (27 May 1900 – 24 December 1968), she and her younger sister, Patricia Bence (born 4 April 1935), are the descendants of Barons Furnivall. The barony has been in abeyance since 1968. Publications Book Ecology and Faith: The Writings of Pope John Paul II, edited by Sister Ancilla Dent, (publ. Berkhamsted, England: Arthur James, 1997). Green Christians articles Bernard of Clairvaux Holy Wells and Celtic Saints Gregory of Nyssa Ecological crisis at Minster Abbey, Ramsgate References External links Christian-ecology.org.uk Benedictine nuns English non-fiction writers People from Minster-in-Thanet 1933 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century English Roman Catholic nuns Daughters of barons