BUCKFAST ABBEY.
CONSECRATION CEREMONY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Aug. 25. New Buckfast Abbey, Devonshire, built of stone by a handful of monks during the past 25 years with their own hands and without money, on the site of tho ruin of a former Benedictine Abbey, was consecrated to-day by Cardinal Bourne, Papal Legate. During the blessing more than 20 Bishops and 30 Abbots marched round the church in procession and a congregation of 5000 attended tire first public service later. An altar piece in gold and silver with rich enamelling and precious stones has been presented to the abbey by goldsmiths of Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 229, 27 August 1932, Page 7
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104BUCKFAST ABBEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 229, 27 August 1932, Page 7
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