. The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) : containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the rule of the Benedictines of the Isle of Caldey, S. Wales . d welcome them to the parish. The Brothers consideredthis proposal, and decided to act upon it. Before they left the Cowley Fathers House an event ofgreat interest took place, for on Sunday, September 24th,Brother Henry made his Simple Vows, and Brother Georgeentered the Novitiate. The first Profession which theSuperior of a newly-founded Community receives is a great jfc 25 & Ibistorg of tbe Community joy t
. The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) : containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the rule of the Benedictines of the Isle of Caldey, S. Wales . d welcome them to the parish. The Brothers consideredthis proposal, and decided to act upon it. Before they left the Cowley Fathers House an event ofgreat interest took place, for on Sunday, September 24th,Brother Henry made his Simple Vows, and Brother Georgeentered the Novitiate. The first Profession which theSuperior of a newly-founded Community receives is a great jfc 25 & Ibistorg of tbe Community joy to him, for he sees in it the earnest of growth, and withthe promise of growth there comes the realization ofincreasing responsibilities. By Michaelmas, 1899, the three Brothers were housed at The Retreat, a small house in the woods two miles fromMilton Abbas, and on an estate which possesses one of themost perfectly restored Monastic churches in Great Offices were recited in their little wooden chapel;on Sundays and Holy Days they made their Communion inthe parish church. While they were here the Communitybegan to increase in numbers, two Novices being clothed. 2b ^. Gbe fl>erfofc> of probation CHAPTER VI Zhc pcviob of probation N the autumn of 1900 there was a change in theownership of Milton Abbas, and the cottage in whichthe Brothers lived was needed for estate again the Community had to seek a fresh October the Rev. W. Done Bushell, the owner of CaldeyIsland, near Tenby, wrote to Father Aelred, offering theBrothers a temporary asylum in the old rooms and churchof the ancient Priory on the Island. Caldey is rich inhistorical memories, which are recorded at length in anotherchapter. For nearly a thousand years it had been monastic,and here in a place so full of inspiration it was arrangedthat the Brothers were to live the Benedictine Life, keeptheir Rule, recite the Divine Office, minister so far as theycould to the Islanders, help in t
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