We were delighted to welcome Bishop Mark to Buckfast on Sunday 10th June 2018 to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on six of our young people. Here are some photos of a really joyous occasion for the whole parish.
Bishop Mark O'Toole of Plymouth officiated at Evening Prayer for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi and the Outdoor Procession.
A number of photographs from the beginning of the Solemn Mass.
The garden created by the Gardens Department at Buckfast was first displayed at the Royal Horticultural Society 2017 - Malvern Spring Festival - it won thr RHS Show Garden SILVER MEDAL and also the BEST IN SHOW from the public vote. It has been rebuilt at Buckfast and was blessed by Father Prior on Saturday 2nd June, at the start of the Garden Fayre.
The garden created by the Gardens Department at Buckfast was first displayed at the Royal Horticultural Society 2017 - Malvern Spring Festival - it won thr RHS Show Garden SILVER MEDAL and also the BEST IN SHOW from the public vote. It has been rebuilt at Buckfast and was blessed by Father Prior on Saturday 2nd June, at the start of the Garden Fayre.
Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze in the presence of the Papal Legate, His Eminence Cardinal Anders Arborelius O.C.D. The photographs show the reception of Our Holy Father Pope Francis' Extraordinary Envoy at the West Doors of the Abbey Church. Abbot David of Buckfast offered the crucifix and Bishop Mark of Plymouth offered the holy water to the Legate, who was the led into the church while the Abbey Choir sang 'Ecce Sacerdos magnus' by Anton Bruckner. Following the welcome by Abbot David and the reading of the letter from Pope Francis, Cardinal Arinze preceded with the Mass of Thanksgiving.
The Grand Opening Organ Recital of the Ruffatti Organs by Martin Baker, Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral.
The Abbey Choir performed four new compositions of the first line of Psalm 41 'Sicut cervus', 'Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God'. This is the Abbey motto. (Buckfast Abbey lies in the valley of the River Dart and the name Buckfast comes from the Anglo Saxon for land of the deer. Deer still roam in the lands around the Abbey.) The four finalists were Sarah Cattley, David Lewis, Llian Lundbery and Jack Oades. The winner of the 'Young Composers' Competition' was Jack Oades.
The Monastic Way is an interactive presentation of the Benedictine way of life and how it is lived at Buckfast.
Two group photographs of those involved with Monastic Hospitality at many of the monasteries of the British Isles and some photos of the demonstration of the new organ by Philip Arkwright, Master of the Music at Buckfast.
