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Visiting Monasteries; The new tourist hotspots!
Topic Started: Thursday, 26. August 2010, 08:23 (716 Views)
Peter

Dear Jo

The whole website is very professional, well thought through and extremely measured in its appeal to its target market, including the article about monastic life. Given that the website was professionally done, I'd be very surprised if the company concerned didn't write the various pieces for it, as that is what pr/web design generally companies do.

With Quarr especially, I feel particularly sad as I've known the place since 1968, when I made my first journey there. I used to help out on the farm and got roped into milking the cows more than once. There was no tea shop then but they did sell the odd book and bits of pottery from time to time.

The Abbott of the day and Guestmasters always had time for you. If you wrote to them they would always write back and there always seemed to be a real bond of affection and you got the idea that they actually did care about the people that visited them on retreat. However, that was then and this is now and regretably I have to say that along with Aylesford Priory , for me, at least,something has gone forever and the inhabitants of these places talk the talk but don't follow through and walk the walk.

I hope I'm wrong though!

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Peter

Jo and anyone else that's interested, there's a book called Father Joe, The Man Who Saved My Soul, written by Tony Hendra.

Joseph Warrilow was Guestmaster when I made my first visit to Quarr Abbey and I met him quite a few times and what a marvelous person he was and so kind.

Father Hockey followed on as Guestmaster in the very early 70's and took me under his wing. He appeared so austere on the surface but a kinder man you couldn't wish to meet and he was always so welcoming to me and later after he met her, to my wife.

There just don't seem to be the men of that calibre anymore and in this day and age we desperately need people in every walk of life that actually CARE!

Peter

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Anne-Marie

Peter, people tend to 'pick-up' fairly quickly when someone doesn't really care - they just know when you're superficial.
Fr.Nicholas at Quarr has re-bound some of my grandparents' prayerbooks which I still use - he's a nice guy.
Anne-Marie
FIAT VOLUNTAS DEI
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