The Mass for Deceased Brothers was held on Sunday 23 February at Chilworth Abbey and was conducted by Fr Dunstan. In his Homily, Fr Dunstan spoke about the importance of the work of our deceased
brothers in building up our Circle. He raised the issue of whether their
wives should also be remembered at the Mass.
At the lunch, Fr
Dunstan started by saying that currently there were more people alive
today, than who were dead. After this attention grabbing statement, he then said
that Google and other research mechanisms disproved that
statement and, in fact, more people were dead than were currently alive
and that would always be the case.
He then observed that
there were more dead brothers than current living ones. This was obviously somewhat of a guess as we currently pray for 40 odd dead brothers and the Guildford Circle is
60+ strong. Nevertheless, it will inevitably and sadly be true. He also spoke
about there only being 1,000 religious bodies, excluding diocesan priests, in England and Wales, many fewer
than had lived. Fr Dunstan then spoke about them being like the Jedi and the smaller
they got, the more powerful they became.
Following Mass, the party of over 40 brothers, ladies and widows, made their way to Guildford Golf Club for lunch. As you will see from the photographs, it was a very enjoyable occasion.
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