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Reference code
GB ARCHON 2913 PA03-01-01-132
Title
Dom Aelred Watkin to Bishop Clark: Report on engagement in the parish; Tridentine Rite
Date(s)
- 29 September 1975 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 pages; 3 sides; embossed heading; manuscript
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Name of creator
(1918-1997)
Biographical history
1918: born
1936: novice at Downside Abbey
1937: clothed
1943: ordained
1943: Christ's College, Cambridge, to read History - gaining a double First
1946: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
1948-1962: Housemaster at Downside
1962-1975: Headmaster of Downside
1975-1989: Beccles, parish priest
1975: Mayor of Beccles
1989: Downside as Abbot of Glastonbury
1997: died
Repository
Archival history
XEA1
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
RCDEA Archives
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Scope and content
Latin not forbidden - just the Tridentine Rite. Considers much has been left out in the new rite. Quotes Jung: "When people are deprived of a ritual they take refuge in strange pentecostal movements." Has done 180 houses, 25 to go. Taking part in ecumenical activities but draws the line at "charismatic"
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Existence and location of originals
PA03
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Related units of description
126x178mm
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Name access points
- Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002) (Subject)
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