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Who was Dom Aelred CarlyleAelred Carlyle established an Anglican Benedictine on Caldey Island, South Wales in 1906. When the community came into conflict with the Bishop of Oxford in 1913 over conformity to Anglican practices, Carlyle and most of his monks were received together into the Catholic Church. The Benedictine Community at Pluscarden Abbey near Elgin in Moray are the successors of the Caldey Island community. Members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham followed a similar path when Pope Benedict XVI established the Ordinariate in 2011. What is the idea behind the idea of
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The FutureWe continue as an Ordinariate group in Scotland to pursue our links with Pluscarden and Caldey Abbeys and would encourage those who wish to follow the oblate path to do this directly with Pluscarden Abbey. For Pluscarden Abbey, please contact Fr Martin Birrell OSB - oblatemaster@pluscardenabbey.org and for the Ordinariate in Scotland please contact Fr Len Black - fr.len@ordinariate.scot or visit www.ordinariate.scot. |