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QUARR Abbey on the Isle of Wight was founded in 1901 as a result of persecution of the Catholic Church by the French government, which became particularly severe in 1900. The monks of Solesmes in Francis had been temporarily expelled from their monastery in 1880; but the French government of 1901 was even more radically anti-clerical, and the monks were expelled from there abbey and forced into exile. Under the capable leadership of Abbot Paul Delatte, OSB, they found refuge and welcome in England on the Isle of Wight, across the Solent channel from the city of Portsmouth,
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ABBOT DELATTE |
SOLESMES ABBEY, Sable-sur_Sarthe, France |
THE monks initially rented Appeldurcombe House near Wroxell, on the south coast of the island, and built a temporary church.
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APPELDURCOMBE HOUSE |
INTERIOR of TEMPORARY CHURCH |
IN 1907 the monks purchased Quarr Abbey House near Ryde, on the north side of the island, which included the ruins of the ancient Quarr Abbey. Dom Paul Bellot, OSB (1876-1944), a monk of Solesmes, was the architect of the new Abbey, which was completed in 1912.
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CHURCH ENTRANCE |
ABBEY CHURCH and CLOISTER |
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CHURCH TOWER |
CHOIR and SANCTUARY |
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SANCTUARY and ALTAR |
ALTAR and HANGING PYX |
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CHOIR and ABBOT'S THRONE |
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REFECTORY |
CHAPTER ROOM |
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CLOISTER |
BRO. ANSELM and FR. GREGORY |
FR. Joseph Warrilow, OSB, was a monk of Quarr who was widely-known as a gifted spiritual director. He came to international attention through Tony Hendra's biography/autobiography, Fr. Joe: The Man Who Saved my Soul, (Random House, 2005)
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DORMITORY CLOISTER |
FR. JOSEPH WARRILOW, OSB |
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LECTIONARY ILLUMINATED by the BENEDICTINE NUNS of ST. CECILIA, RYDE |
THANK-YOU NOTE |
IN September of 1982 Bro Anselm Ferris, Bro. Luke Dysinger, and Fr. Gregory Elmer, monks of Saint Andrew's Abbey Valyermo, visited Quarr at the start of their academic Oxford adventure
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BRO. ANSELM and FR. GREGORY ABOARD the FERRY |
BRO. ANSELM and FR. GREGORY ADMIRE the SOLENT |
This Webpage was created for a workshop held at Saint Andrew's Abbey, Valyermo, California in 2014
