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Vocations need not be consigned to the past

October 11, 2021

In this issue, we celebrates the extraordinary life and vocation of Dom Joseph Coombe-Tennant, who died at the age of 76 in 1989. His mother was a noted psychic and he was born – named Henry – as a result of her conviction that a former spiritualist mentor wanted her to have a child by

It’s time for the monks to hand over control of Downside

January 15, 2018

As on old boy, I think we must face up to a dismal truth about the school

Downside’s Georgian cookbook is a feast in its own right

May 11, 2017

'I would recommend the Sally Lunn bun to anybody,' Dom Christopher Calascione says

Curry recipe found in 200-year-old book at abbey

January 20, 2016

The recipes were found in a handwritten book in the library at Downside Abbey in Somerset.

Flags at half-mast for a dear departed friend

July 02, 2015

My friend Gerry's Vatican flag had been lowered ever since Pius XII died

A dear friend who lived for the Lord

June 18, 2015

Remembering a friend who had a life-long passion for history and a deep-rooted faith

Book Review: The man who made Downside chuckle

June 04, 2015

An warm account of significant figures with close links to the English Benedictine community

Heavy-handed child protection is eroding trust in Catholic schools

November 17, 2011

Monks and other members of staff at Downside are now being treated with caution

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