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The Great English Pilgrimage - From Rome to Canterbury (Paperback)
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CHRISTOPHER DONALDSON settled in Canterbury with his parents and
attended the King's. School. In 1935 he was accepted for training
for the priesthood by the Society of the Sacred Mission at Kelham,
near Newark, and was there in the vintage years when T.S. Eliot was
an occasional visitor. He was ordained by Archbishop William Temple
in 1943. After curacies in the Canterbury Diocese he was appointed
Rector of St Mary in the Marsh, Romney Marsh, and then Vicar of All
Saints, Birchington on the island of Thanet. In 1963 he was asked
by Archbishop Michael Ramsey to take over the ancient church of St
Martin together with St Paul-without-the-walls which stands beside
the cathedral, In spite of working full time with his staff in his
capacity as parish priest he became heavily involved in the
Ecumenical movement, being deeply touched by the ministry of Pope
John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council. As the secretary of the
Canterbury City Council of Christians he welcomed many notable
Christian leaders of all denominations to join in the activities of
the Weeks of Prayer for Christian Unity. He also acted as Mayor's
Chaplain which gave him opportunities to be involved in a number of
Christian projects. He became captivated by the mysterious church
of St Martin where he so often celebrated the Eucharist on the spot
where Augustine and Queen Bertha had worshipped in An 597, He
studied St Martin and wrote a book about him, which led him to want
to extend his research into the early Christians. He and his wife
left Canterbury to live amongst the Dorset hills where he studied,
prayed and worked as a non-stipendiary priest, and was for some
time chairman of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Advisory Committee. He
wrote several books and booklets. As a child in Canterbury he had
fallen in love with the River Great Stour which winds its way from
Lenham, near Maidstone, through Canterbury to Sandwich and
Ebbsfleet, and had spent many hours on and in it. As an adult he
spent many hours walking along its banks, boating on it and
painting its landscape. His hooks and folders on the walks along
the Stour have led to it becoming one of England's long distance
footpaths. During this time he realised he was following in the
footsteps of St Augustine as he travelled from Ebbsfleet to go to
Canterbury in 597. In spite of having suffered a stroke and a
number of epileptic fits (now controlled) he made this journey on
his own to Rome and back to Canterbury, and this very personal
pilgrimage forms the book. He is a watercolourist and the drawings
are all his own, made in sepia wash and line.
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