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Title: The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) : containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the rule of the Benedictines of the Isle of Caldey, S. Wales
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Shepherd, William Richard, 1860-
Subjects: Caldey Island (Abbey : Caldey Island, Wales) Benedictines Monasticism and religious orders
Publisher: Isle of Caldey : The Abbey
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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s of the Cross, vowedsolely to His interests, and content to renounce all, that insingleness of heart they may serve Him alone. The Community, now eighteen in number, left Painsthorpeon October 17th, 1906. Before their departure a short servicewas held in Kirby Underdale Church, and the Rector gavethe Community his blessing. The parishioners had assembledto bid the Brothers farewell, and they were greatly moved.For the Brothers had long lived down any suspicion that hadbeen created by bigoted agitation, and the relations betweenthem and the parishioners had ever been of the kindliest. Thepeople had recognized that though the dress and manner oflife of the Brothers was new to them, it had been a greatblessing to have in a remote spot a body of men whose liveswere vowed to religion, and who had shown themselves alwaysready to respond to physical and spiritual need. On leaving Painsthorpe the Brothers travelled all night,reaching Tenby in the early morning of S. Lukes Day, a day Jk 48 j.
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Zbc 3 sle of Calocs bright and sunny, after a gale which had swept the Islandall night long. The entire population of the Island hadassembled to welcome the Community. A procession wasformed on the cliff overlooking the bay, and as the steamerneared the shore the procession, headed by thurifer, cross-bearer, and taperers, passed down the winding path to meetthe Brothers at the landing-stage. Thence the procession, augmented now by the Community,wended its way to the Island Church, singing first Deprecamuv—the very anthem which S. Augustine and his Monks sang asthey neared Canterbury, more than thirteen centuries ago—and then the Litanies. As many of the islanders as couldfind room in the nave of the little Village Church joinedheartily with the Community in the old hymn of thanksgiving, Now thank we all our God, and the Abbot gave hisblessing. Then in the same order, and singing the GradualPsalms, the procession reached the old Priory, which was tobe- the home of the Community unt

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