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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813995903321

Titolo

Basil Hume : ten years on / / edited by William Charles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Burns & Oates, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-87703-8

9786612877032

1-4411-9732-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

282.092

Soggetti

Cardinals - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Formed in the family / William Charles -- Formed in the monastery : Ampleforth recollections -- Ordination / William Charles -- Basil Hume as schoolmaster / Richard Thomas -- Monastic, administrative, and pastoral experience at Ampleforth / Patrick Barry -- Farewell chapter of Abbot Basil Hume, 11 March 1976 -- A historic day at Westminster / Patrick Barry -- Basil Hume the pastor : Westminster recollections -- Young people's evenings / Teresa de Bertodano -- Colleague and friend / Sally McAllister -- The steadfast pilgrim / John Crowley -- Cardinal Hume's impact on others / William Charles -- Cardinal Hume's influence in Europe / Ivo Fürer, with introduction by William Charles -- Inspiration for a lay movement in Chile / Jonathan Perry, Gigi Blumer -- Ethiopia and Auschwitz ; Friendship ; Meeting Christ / William Charles.

Sommario/riassunto

Cardinal Hume was a much loved man. Those who met him know why they found him lovable. This very personal book seeks to show and to explain to those who did not meet him why he was so much loved. Those who met him may also learn and understand more about their old friend. Chapters are by a variety of different people almost all of whom knew him very well indeed and have never until now written about the Cardinal. They show the warmth and humanity, the charm and humour and, above all, the deep spirituality of the man. There are delightful, entertaining stories never previously told, and pieces