The ‘Gentle Ghosts’: The Spiritual Habits of the Beaulieu Monks

Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire, England {wiki} was home to Cistercian monks from the year 1204 to 1538. But there are many who say the monks are still there! And why not? After all, it’s a beautiful place.

Michael Sedgwick, who was research director of the Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu Abbey, England, had been working into the small hours one night before Christmas in 1959. His office was thick with tobacco smoke. Throwing open a window to clear the air; he heard the chanting of a Catholic mass!

“It came in uneven waves, as if from a faulty wireless,” he said. “It was so beautiful that I tried to find it on my own wireless…and I couldn’t.”

Link

(image credit: Flickr user Pgd)

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by MrGhaz.