Item 11 - Fr Martindale to Bishop: Altar dimensions

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GB ARCHON 2913 PA02-01-01-11

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Fr Martindale to Bishop: Altar dimensions

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  • 14 December 1924 (Creation)

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1 page; manuscript; headed

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(1924)

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1924: writing to Bishop re East of Diocese parishes
Jesuit scholar, writer, and preacher; b. London, May 25, 1879; d. March 18, 1963. Educated at Harrow School. He was received into the Catholic Church by the Jesuit fathers at Bournemouth and soon afterwards entered the English Jesuit novitiate. After philosophical studies at St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, he matriculated at Pope's Hall (afterward Campion Hall), Oxford, in 1901 and had a distinguished academic career, receiving first-class honors in literae humaniores and numerous prizes and scholarships in classics and theology. He taught at Stonyhurst College and at Manresa House before returning to Oxford. He was ordained in August of 1911.
At Oxford during World War I, he did much to help the wounded Australian soldiers in the hospital there. His work with university students encouraged the intellectual development of Catholic life throughout the world.
An enthusiastic and informed pioneer of the liturgical revival, especially through his books on the Mass. His position on the Permanent Committee of the International Eucharistic Congresses took him to Australia, Africa, and South America and brought him close to the realities of missionary work. The apostleship of the sea was established largely through his efforts.
A preacher and speaker of unique appeal, lacking of rhetoric, but with a personal sympathy that later made him the most popular of broadcasters. An army of converts, from dukes to dustmen, bear witness to his patience as a teacher. He was never surprised by human folly, and he was never so much at home as in the East End of London, where he did an immense amount of work in clubs and settlements to manifest the Church's concern for the poor.
During World War II, he was in Denmark at the time of its invasion and was held captive until the end of the war. After his release he returned to England and, despite recurring illness, kept up a large correspondence and showed a lively interest in the new manifestations of Catholic life he had done so much to stimulate. Although he wrote some books and articles that were scholarly, his greater achievement was as a populariser; and his numerous lives of saints, books of travel, biographies, and spiritual writings, despite a discursive style, were rooted in an exact intellectual discipline.

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Pre 2018 holding: XNP1 Aldeburgh 39

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RCDEAA

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Glad the Bishop likes the idea of the Altar and provides dimensions for the altar and predella. 6 candlesticks and 2 side-curtains come with it.
Manuscript annotation: "Let me have this back when I see you"

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      PA02

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      203mm x 130mm

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