I am delighted to announce the sponsorship of this booklanch of this fascinating book, a long interview with the great Alfred Gilbey, which will take place in the St Wilfred Hall of the London Oratory on Thursday 10th July. Doors open at 6:30pm. Click here to register for the launch (so we can keep track of numbers)
The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey: The Final Interview by Alexander Haydon; foreword by Christopher Monckton
The celebrated priest Monsignor Alfred Gilbey (1901–98) was Chaplain to the (male) Catholic undergraduates of Cambridge from 1933 to 1965, and from some time in 1965 to 1997 the sole resident member of the Travellers Club, Pall Mall, from where he pursued a unique apostolate. His book We Believe, a commentary on the penny catechism, which had sold more than 15,000 copies before his death, had by then inspired more than forty vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It has no doubt inspired many more since. As Chaplain he received unusually large numbers into the Church. His charismatic personality and extraordinary charm, combined with his elegance of dress and manners, enabled him to attract many to the Faith who might have been put off by a more active evangelical approach. In him devotion fused with culture in a peculiarly harmonious way.
Endorsements from Dr Joseph Shaw, Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe, C.O. (London Oratory), and Henry Sire!
Available from Arouca Press, Amazon, and various online retailers.
Special price on the day! £13 (paperback) £20 (hardcover).
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